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TI-2008-01618 Aliases CVE-2008-1688GHSA-rq5m-h657-fcmc

Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers…

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02957 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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 · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.4VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.7VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.8VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.9VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.10VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.4 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.7 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.8 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.9 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:m4:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.10 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1688
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rq5m-h657-fcmc

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2008-01617 The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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