Vulnerability CVE-2008-1994
Published: 2008-04-27   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Ahmed abdel-hamid mohamed -> ACON 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41915
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28862
http://secunia.com/advisories/29909
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476603
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475733
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