CVE catalog
CVE-2008-4973
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.39% · Oct 25, 2026
i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | myspell | 11 | 1:3.0+pre3.1-21 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | myspell | deb | 11 | 1:3.0+pre3.1-21 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed: