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CVE-2014-1846

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• 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: none known
• Published: 2018-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Enlightenment before 0.17.6 might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the gdb method.

Affected products

• Enlightenment: before 0.17.6 — fixed in 0.17.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Enlightenment 0.17.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/03/19
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059410
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91215
• https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=bb4a21e98656fe2c7d98ba2163e6defe9a630e2b
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/03/19
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059410
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91215
• https://git.enlightenment.org/core/enlightenment.git/commit/?id=bb4a21e98656fe2c7d98ba2163e6defe9a630e2b

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