CVE-2008-5076

Published Nov 14, 2008

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-200

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:htop:htop:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B1176958-0A88-4154-B7FC-FCE3C702D415"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References