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.
Published: 2005-05-25
Score: 2.6 Low
EPSS: 2.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1688 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-138-1 gedit vulnerability
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Gnome Gedit
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:59:24.052Z

Reserved: 2005-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1686

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1686

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-1686 - Bugzilla

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