FKIE_CVE-2024-38448

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-06-16 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:40
Severity
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
htags in GNU Global through 6.6.12 allows code execution in situations where dbpath (aka -d) is untrusted, because shell metacharacters may be used.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/global/global/htags/htags.c?revision=1.236&view=markup
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-global/2024-05/msg00009.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/global/global/htags/htags.c?revision=1.236&view=markup
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-global/2024-05/msg00009.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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