CVE-2008-3908
10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.8%
Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| princeton_university:wordnet | princeton university wordnet | eq | 3.0 |
References
secunia.com/advisories/32184
securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
Related
10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.4 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.8%