CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2008-3908

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.

10 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 10

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

Scope

References
Link Resource
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958 Patch
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:princeton_university:wordnet:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2008-09-04 05:41

Updated : 2018-10-11 08:50

NVD link : CVE-2008-3908

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3908

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer