CVE-2008-5076 describes a vulnerability in htop 0.7 where the application fails to sanitize non-printable characters in process names displayed in the terminal. This oversight could allow local users to obscure processes, modify arbitrary files, or cause other unspecified impacts through specially crafted process names containing "crazy control strings." The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low-complexity local attack with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or significant community discussion has been identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:htop:htop:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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