01 Record
CVE-2008-5038
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
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
- 6.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2008-11-12 20:18Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d012b94b0de38f4c4a158ecf6a6a25de42beb7890d1387b714be0d8937d7400a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.novell.comhttp://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
- labs.idefense.com20081030 Novell eDirectory NCP Get Extension Information Request Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
- secunia.com32395http://secunia.com/advisories/32395
- www.securityfocus.com31956http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956
- osvdb.org48206http://osvdb.org/48206
- www.securitytracker.com1021117http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnovell-edirectory-ncp-unspecified(46138)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2937http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937