Vulnerability Details 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 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.201
EPSS Ranking 95.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29574
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29574
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-1391
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0_p5_release
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0_beta4
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cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0_releng
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cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0