CVE-2005-1686 EXPLOIT
2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.7% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 2.6 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.66% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnome | gedit |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Gedit 2.x - Filename Format String | 2005-05-30 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
- 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://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/
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
- 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://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/
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