CVE-2008-1687
The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion,
02 Description
The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-09 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f6ed666dbaed1fbc0a041a86efd8f5ac20c0e339f6489ca9ca7577c4b032b00
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1151http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references
- www.securityfocus.com28688http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080407 Re: Security fixes in m4-1.4.11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/12
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnu-m4-macros-weak-security(41706)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41706
- secunia.com29671http://secunia.com/advisories/29671
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080406 Re: Security fixes in m4-1.4.11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080407 Re: Security fixes in m4-1.4.11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/4
- secunia.com29729http://secunia.com/advisories/29729
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080406 Security fixes in m4-1.4.11http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1
- slackware.comSSA:2008-098-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- m4 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- m4 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- m4 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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