security flaw
Published May 25, 2005
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.66%
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.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:499
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
gedit-1:2.8.1-4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:499
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | gedit-1:2.2.2-4.rhel3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:499 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | gedit-1:2.8.1-4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:499 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7.66% (0.07655) | 94.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.66% (0.07655) | 93.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.38% (0.02383) | 83.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.35% (0.04352) | 81.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.38% (0.02383) | 83.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 78.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 77.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.59% (0.00587) | 77.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00587) | 74.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 92.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 91.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.20% (0.07197) | 80.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1686 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617658 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1686
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1686
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1686 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617658 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1686 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1686 |
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