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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.

Published

2008-03-27T17:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-189
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 6.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 6.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 6.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 6.0_p5_release Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 7.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 7.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 7.0_beta4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 7.0_releng Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 4.0 Yes
References