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CVE-2008-3252

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
21/07/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fedora:newsx:1.6:8.fc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fedora:newsx:1.6:9.fc9:*:*:*:*:*:*

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