CVE-2008-2436

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

05/09/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the IppCreateServerRef function in nipplib.dll in Novell iPrint Client 4.x before 4.38 and 5.x before 5.08 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) GetPrinterURLList, (2) GetPrinterURLList2, or (3) GetFileList2 function in the Novell iPrint ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.26::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.32::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.35::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.36::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:5.06::vista:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.26::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.32::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.35::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:4.36::windows:::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:iprint_client:5.06::vista:::::

CVE-2008-2436

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools