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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-2027 · published 13 April 2007

CVE-2007-2027: Elinks vulnerability

EElinks · Elinks

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.

4.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.84% · top 43.8% CWE-134 · CWE-134
4.4CVSS 2.0 base score
0.84%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the add_filename_to_string function in intl/gettext/loadmsgcat.c for Elinks 0.11.1 allows local users to cause Elinks to use an untrusted gettext message catalog (.po file) in a "../po" directory, which can be leveraged to conduct format string attacks.

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
http://osvdb.org/35668
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 ExploitVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=417789
http://osvdb.org/35668
http://secunia.com/advisories/25169 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25198 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25255 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25550 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-03.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23844
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0017/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-457-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1686 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235411 ExploitVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9741

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-2027), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.