| Name | CVE-2008-1688 |
| Description | Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| m4 (PTS) | jessie | 1.4.17-4 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.4.18-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.4.18-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.4.18-5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.4.19-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.19-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| m4 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
The file name is passed through a cmdline argument and m4 doesn't run with
elevated privileges.