CVE-2008-1994 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.

Published: 2008-04-27

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-7:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1992	Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475733
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476603
http://secunia.com/advisories/29909
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41915

History

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Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed Acon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-27T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.231Z

Reserved: 2008-04-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1994

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-27T21:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1994

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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