CVE-2024-38448 Information

Description

htags in GNU Global through 6.6.12 allows code execution in situations where dbpath (aka -d) is untrusted because shell metacharacters may be used.

Reference

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-global/2024-05/msg00009.html https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/global/global/htags/htags.c?revision=1.236&view=markup