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CRITICAL
CVE-2008-3252
NewsX Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.

INFO

Published Date :

July 21, 2008, 5:41 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:48 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-3252 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat fedora
1 Fedora newsx

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-3252 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-3252 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31080
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31307
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43844 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

31.23 }} 0.80%

score

0.96997

percentile

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