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epiphany-browser — security advisory
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).
- Products
- epiphany-browser
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.22.3-7
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-5985
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5985
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 2.22.3-7
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 2.22.3-7
epiphany-browser
Fixed versions: 2.22.3-7
Complete source record
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