Buffer overflow in Ahmed Abdel-Hamid Mohamed Acon
CVE-2008-1994
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed Acon — versions 1.0.5-5, 1.0.5-6, 1.0.5-7
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)