{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:11",
        "name": "ed"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.7-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:12",
        "name": "ed"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.7-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:13",
        "name": "ed"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.7-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:14",
        "name": "ed"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.7-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the strip_escapes function in signal.c in GNU ed before 1.0 allows context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.  NOTE: since ed itself does not typically run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when ed is invoked as a third-party component.",
  "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3916",
  "modified": "2026-04-28T19:53:31.831540047Z",
  "published": "2008-09-04T18:41:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3916"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2008-3916"
  ]
}