Name: CVE-2008-3908: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-3908, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.02927

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade wordnet	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 4, 2008
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-dicts/wordnet.	Oct 30, 2017	Sep 4, 2008
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade wordnet	Nov 19, 2024	Sep 4, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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