FKIE_CVE-2007-2027
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-04-13 18:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:38
Severity
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.
References
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