CVE-2008-3908

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3908
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-04 17:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Princeton University Wordnet 3.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordNet: Execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - WordNet stack and heap overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo update for wordnet - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
WordNet Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 901005 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for wordnet (6971)
  • 901484 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for wordnet (7423)
  • 905511 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for wordnet (7423-1)
  • 905540 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for wordnet (6971-1)

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