CVE-2008-3533 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2008-3533 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	10
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 414936 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2008:024, published Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:32:53 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:27:33 2023