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Vulnerability details: VCID-46mr-acs7-23a3
Vulnerability ID VCID-46mr-acs7-23a3
Aliases CVE-2005-1686
Summary gedit suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 2.3
Risk 4.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
epss 0.02383 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
cvssv2 2.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1686
Reference id Reference type URL
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2005-1686.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-1686
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1686
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html
1617658 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617658
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gedit:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gedit:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2005-1686 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1686
CVE-2005-1686;OSVDB-71971 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/25688.txt
CVE-2005-1686;OSVDB-71971 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13699/info
GLSA-200506-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-09
RHSA-2005:499 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:499
USN-138-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added May 30, 2005
Description Gedit 2.x - Filename Format String
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date May 30, 2005
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date May 24, 2013
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13699/info
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1686
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84921
EPSS Score 0.02383
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:14:22.353838+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-09 38.0.0