DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1688
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688
Upstream
Published
2008-04-09T19:05:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:06.243174Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.18-5
1.4.19-1
1.4.19-2
1.4.19-3
1.4.19-4
1.4.19-4+hurd.1
1.4.19-5
1.4.19-6
1.4.19-7
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688.json"

Debian:12 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.19-3
1.4.19-4
1.4.19-4+hurd.1
1.4.19-5
1.4.19-6
1.4.19-7
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688.json"

Debian:13 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688.json"

Debian:14 / m4

Package

Name
m4
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/m4?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.4.19-8
1.4.20-1
1.4.20-2
1.4.21-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1688.json"