CVE-2008-1994 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00052.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ahmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed Subscribe	Acon Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed:acon:1.0.5-7:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1992	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475733
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476603
http://secunia.com/advisories/29909
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28862
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41915

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-27T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.231Z

Reserved: 2008-04-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1994

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-04-27T21:05:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1994

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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