CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2149

7.5 HIGH Published 2008-05-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-05-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

Affected configurations

• wordnet wordnet 2.0 • wordnet wordnet 2.1 • wordnet wordnet 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References