src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows…
Priority LOW 21CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- 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
src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00337 27th 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3791
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fx49-8c29-qffw
References
Other 6
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495968
- [oss-security] 20080826 Re: CVE Request (gpicview)
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2019481&group_id=180858&atid=894869
- [oss-security] 20080825 CVE Request (gpicview)
- [oss-security] 20080826 Re: CVE Request (gpicview)
- http://lxde.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxde?view=rev&sortby=date&revision=845
More Lxde Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment vulnerabilities
- TI-2008-03743 src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2008-3791 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-3791 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fx49-8c29-qffw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2008-3791 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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