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TI-2005-01595 Aliases CVE-2005-1686GHSA-r7hv-4wrp-wf62

Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority LOW 24Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Format string vulnerability in gedit 2.10.2 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bin file with format string specifiers in the filename. NOTE: while this issue is triggered on the command line by the gedit user, it has been reported that web browsers and email clients could be configured to provide a file name as an argument to gedit, so there is a valid attack that crosses security boundaries.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07655 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gedit:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.10.2VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gedit:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.10.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:499 Released 2005-06-13 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    gedit security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.i386, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gedit-1:2.8.1-4, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.i386, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gedit-1:2.8.1-4, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.i386, gedit-devel-1:2.8.1-4 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.i386, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gedit-1:2.8.1-4, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.i386, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.i386, gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gedit-1:2.8.1-4, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.i386, gedit-1:2.8.1-4.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:499

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1686
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r7hv-4wrp-wf62

References

Advisory 5

Other 3

  • TI-2017-10275 libgedit.a in GNOME gedit through 3.22.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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