CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3908

10.0 HIGH Published 2008-09-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.

Affected configurations

• princeton university wordnet 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References