CVE-2008-5987 Affecting eog package, versions <2.22.3-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-EOG-20675043
  • published9 Oct 2026
  • disclosed28 Jan 2009

Introduced: 28 Jan 2009

CVE-2008-5987  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest eog to version 2.22.3-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eog package and not the eog package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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).

CVSS Base Scores

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