CVE-2008-5076

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."

Affected products

Htop: 0.7

References

http://bugs.debian.org/504144
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321
http://bugs.debian.org/504144
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321

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