{"id":"CVE-2008-3916","details":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:40:06.206116Z","published":"2008-09-04T18:41:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32349"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32460"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33005"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/38794"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43068"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-15.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:200"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0003.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2642"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3347"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2008-08/msg00000.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-461.htm"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501298/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30815"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020734"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44643"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10678"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00847.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00873.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}