CVE-2007-2027 (GCVE-0-2007-2027)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:23
VLAI?
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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