CVE-2008-1658

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 11, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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