CVE-2008-1994

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-1994
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-04-27T21:05:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:30:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475733
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476603
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28862
http://secunia.com/advisories/29909 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41915
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1994
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1994
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:08:01 Added to TrackCVE