--- title: CVE-2008-1994 description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1994 --- # CVE-2008-1994 Publication date 27 April 2008 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | acon | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1994) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1994) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1994) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1994) ### Other references *