debian · CVE-2008-5985

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:58:16 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-5985 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (epiphany-browser), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Epiphany 2.22.3, and possibly other versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

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