High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-5663

Description

The isearch package (textproc/isearch) before 1.47.01nb1 uses the tempnam() function to create insecure temporary files into a publicly-writable area (/tmp).

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Affected products

OpenBSD/Textproc\/isearch
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:textproc\/isearch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <1.47.01nb1
NetBSD/isearchllm-create
Range: <1.47.01nb1
textproc/isearch package/textproc/isearch packagev5
Range: before 1.47.01nb1

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/21/2nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
gnats.netbsd.org/47360nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/21/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5663nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5663nvdBroken Link

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