CVE-2005-1686

Name	CVE-2005-1686
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-753-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gedit (PTS)	buster	3.30.2-2	fixed
	bullseye	3.38.1-1	fixed
	bookworm	44.2-1	fixed
	trixie	46.1-3	fixed
	sid	46.2-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
gedit	source	woody	(not affected)		DSA-753-1
gedit	source	sarge	2.8.3-4sarge1	low	DSA-753-1
gedit	source	(unstable)	2.10.3-1	low

Only exploitable under rare circumstances