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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-04 17:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- adeeb16af99d97b2a6e08310678a4fa1ef783bad7f4a48b23059746aa0e0d626
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com30958http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958
- secunia.com32184http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordnet-binsrch-search-bo(44851)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
- www.securityfocus.com20080901 [oCERT-2008-014] WordNet stack and heap overflowshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordnet-wninit-bo(44850)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
- securityreason.com4217http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200810-01http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordnet-morphinit-bo(44849)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordnet-morph-search-bo(44848)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordnet Fixed in 1:3.0-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordnet Fixed in 1:3.0-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordnet Fixed in 1:3.0-12
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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