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CVE-2008-3908
Published: Sep 4, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
30958
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
32184
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
x_refsource_MISC
wordnet-binsrch-search-bo(44851)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
20080901 [oCERT-2008-014] WordNet stack and heap overflows
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
x_refsource_MISC
wordnet-wninit-bo(44850)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
x_refsource_MISC
4217
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
GLSA-200810-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
wordnet-morphinit-bo(44849)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
wordnet-morph-search-bo(44848)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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