CVE-2008-3791

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users...

4.6 MediumFix available

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Exploit likelihood

0.34%Down 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Record: CVE-2008-3791
CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Record: CVE-2008-3791
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-3777 No score

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Record: EUVD-2008-3777
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fx49-8c29-qffw No score

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users...

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Record: GHSA-fx49-8c29-qffw
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Record: CVE-2008-3791
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-3791 No score

src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3791
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

lxde lightweight x11 desktop environment

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`gpicview` Debian:12	before 0.1.9-2	0.1.9-2
`gpicview` Debian:13	before 0.1.9-2	0.1.9-2
`gpicview` Debian:14	before 0.1.9-2	0.1.9-2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-3791 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Lxde Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, published September 3, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. Fixed in gpicview 0.1.9-2.

Exploit likelihood

What each source reports

Affected products

Affected packages

History

In short

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