Name: CVE-2008-2080: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-2080, CWE-119, CVSS 6.3, EPSS 0.01207

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Read32s_64 function in src/lib/cdfread64.c in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format (CDF) library before 3.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .cdf file with crafted length tags.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade cdf3	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 19, 2008
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade sci-libs/cdf.	Oct 30, 2017	May 6, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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