valgrind: .valgrindrc loaded from untrusted locations
Published Oct 31, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.4.0
- 1.9.6
- 2.0.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.2.0
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.1
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5
Fixed · RHEA-2010:0272
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
valgrind
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | valgrind-1:3.5.0-1.el5 | Fixed | RHEA-2010:0272 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | valgrind | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-4865 The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 1, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00433) | 35.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00433) | 34.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 17.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 75.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 54.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4865 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469657 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4865
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4865
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