Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1688

Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
Published 2008-04-09 19:05:00
Updated 2017-08-08 01:30:22
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute code

Products affected by CVE-2008-1688

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1688

EPSS FAQ
2.97%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 91 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1688

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1688

  • Red Hat 2008-04-15
    Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. After careful analysis of this issue the Red Hat Security Response Team has determined that this bug has no security impact outside of expected m4 behavior.

References for CVE-2008-1688

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