CVE-2008-3904

HIGH 7.5CVE-2008-3904 · Published 04/09/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-3904 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting gpicview (lxde).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gpicview lxde	`= 0.1.9`	No fix yet

Description

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

References

lxde.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxde
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/30/1 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/03/1 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45137

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