CVE-2008-1688

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Affected products

GNU M4: 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6 (+4)

References

http://osvdb.org/44272
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41704
http://osvdb.org/44272
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729

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