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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-1686 EUVD-2005-1688GHSA-r7hv-4wrp-wf62

Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format…

Published May 25, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: gedit Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 gedit 2.10.3-1 —
Debian 13 gedit 2.10.3-1 —
Debian 12 gedit 2.10.3-1 —
Debian 3.1 gedit 2.8.3-4sarge1 DSA-753-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 4 gedit +1 1:2.8.1-4 RHSA-2005:499
RHEL 3 gedit 1:2.2.2-4.rhel3 RHSA-2005:499

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

References