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CVE-2007-2027 (GCVE-0-2007-2027)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:23
VLAI
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
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Date Public
2007-04-05 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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      "product_status:fixed": "74",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "version": "3"
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}



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