CVE-2005-1686

LowCVSS 2.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.6/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 20, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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