Security Advisory

CVE-2008-3533

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2008-08-18 17:15:00

Last updated 2024-08-07 09:45:18

Assigner canonical

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

Format string vulnerability in the window_error function in yelp-window.c in yelp in Gnome after 2.19.90 and before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command line, as demonstrated by use of yelp within (1) man or (2) ghelp URI handlers in Firefox, Evolution, and unspecified other programs.

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