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CVE-2008-1658

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-04-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

Affected Platforms

Freedesktop Policykit

Weakness Type

CWE-134

References