# CVE-2005-1686: Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2005-05-25 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25688

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