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CVE-2011-1588 json

Thunar before 1.3.1 could crash when copy and pasting a file name with % format characters due to a format string error.

published 2019-11-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1588

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Thunar before 1.3.1 could crash when copy and pasting a file name with % format characters due to a format string error.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1588 updated cvss 6.8

Thunar: Format string flaw when copying / moving files with % in the name

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • thunar thunar

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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