CVE-2008-1994

High

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductAhmed Abdel-hamid Mohamed Acon
PublishedApr 27, 2008
First seenApr 27, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ahmed_abdel-hamid_mohamed acon1.0.5-5, 1.0.5-6, 1.0.5-7—

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