Unscored severity · published Mar 27, 2008
CVE-2008-1391
Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary…
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CVSS
18.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)18.8% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0_p5_release; 7.0; 7.0; +2 more · source: NVD
NE
Netbsd · Netbsd
4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1391
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1391
cvsweb.netbsd.org
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29574
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770
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