Vulnerability CVE-2008-2149
Published: 2008-05-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Wordnet -> Wordnet 

 References:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211491
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1527/references
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:182
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1634
http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
http://secunia.com/advisories/31654
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42378
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29208
http://secunia.com/advisories/30242
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