CVE-2008-5076
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5055)
- Published
- November 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5055 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- htop / htop
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/504144(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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