Vulnerabilities > Gnome > Yelp

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2008-08-18 CVE-2008-3533 USE of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in Gnome and Yelp
Format string vulnerability in the window_error function in yelp-window.c in yelp in Gnome after 2.19.90 and before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command line, as demonstrated by use of yelp within (1) man or (2) ghelp URI handlers in Firefox, Evolution, and unspecified other programs.
network
low complexity
gnome CWE-134
critical
10.0