CVE-2007-5837

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

GUI.pm in yarssr 0.2.2, when Gnome default URL handling is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a link element in a feed.

Affected products

Yarssr: 0.2.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448721
http://secunia.com/advisories/27454
http://secunia.com/advisories/28671
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1477
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26273
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3679
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38191
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448721
http://secunia.com/advisories/27454
http://secunia.com/advisories/28671
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1477
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26273

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