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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-09-04

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Wordnet (Princeton University)

References

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