CVE-2005-1686

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    CVE-2005-1686

    Published: 20 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845, https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/

    Affected packages

    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