CVE-2008-3533: Gnome

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 19.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in the window_error function in yelp-window.c in yelp in Gnome after 2.19.90 and before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid URI on the command line, as demonstrated by use of yelp within (1) man or (2) ghelp URI handlers in Firefox, Evolution, and unspecified other programs.

Affected products

• Gnome Gnome: version 2.20 only; version 2.22 only
• Gnome Yelp: before 2.24 (fixed in 2.24)

Published 2008-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.