CVE-2008-3916

CVE-2008-3916 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component.

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