CVE-2008-3908 | BDVDB-2026-32251 Detail
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 (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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.