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CVE-2008-1796

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Comix 3.6.4 creates temporary directories with predictable names, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service.

Affected products

• Comix: 3.6.4

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29956
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41854
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29956
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41854
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html

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