CVE-2008-3533
Format string vulnerability in the window_error function in yelp-window.c in yelp in Gnome after 2.19.90 and before 2.24 allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 19.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the window_error function in yelp-window.c in yelp in Gnome after 2.19.90 and before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command line, as demonstrated by use of yelp within (1) man or (2) ghelp URI handlers in Firefox, Evolution, and unspecified other programs.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Yelp 2.23.1 - Invalid URI Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32248dos, linuxpublished 13 Aug 2008Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By canonical
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.4% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=115890 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31465 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30690 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-638-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- yelp-uri-format-string(44449) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+bug/254860 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=546364 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3519 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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