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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-09-04T18:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:41.119Z
Reserved: 2008-09-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-3916
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2008-09-04T18:41:00.000
Modified: 2018-10-11T20:50:23.827
Link: CVE-2008-3916
Redhat