CVE-2008-3916
EPSS 4.7%Published: 9/4/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3916
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/edfrom 0, < 0.7-2