CVE-2008-1671

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes.

Metrics

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

Weakness enumeration

CWE-16

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Apr 28, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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