Description
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
Published: 2008-11-14
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5055 htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:16.926Z

Reserved: 2008-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5076

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-14T18:09:25.073

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

Link: CVE-2008-5076

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5076 - Bugzilla

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