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Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Eye of GNOME (eog) 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).
- Products
- eog
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.22.3-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-5987
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python interface in Eye of GNOME (eog) 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).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5987
eog
Fixed versions: 2.22.3-2
eog
Fixed versions: 2.22.3-2
eog
Fixed versions: 2.22.3-2
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:27.077252826Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2009-01-28T11:30:00.25+00:00"
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