CVE-2005-1686
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.
Published:May 20, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:May 25, 2005
EPSS Score:0.02383
CVSS Score:2.6
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Gnome
Product
Gedit
Gnome
Gedit
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
