VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5076
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- htop/htop
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/504144Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321
- http://bugs.debian.org/504144Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.