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low 2.6

CVE-2005-1686 json

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…

published 2005-05-20 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1688

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.7%
EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gedit Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.10.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1686

  • gedit RHEL 3 1:2.2.2-4.rhel3
  • gedit RHEL 4 1:2.8.1-4

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:499

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1686 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gedit 2.2.2-4.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gedit 2.2.2-4.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gedit 2.8.1-4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gedit 2.8.1-4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gedit 2.2.2-4.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gedit 2.8.1-4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gedit 2.2.2-4.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gedit 2.8.1-4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:499

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-25688)

Exploit prediction

7.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25688 Gedit 2.x - Filename Format String local, 2005-05-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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