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CVE-2008-0509
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.55%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in IBM AIX 4.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly gain privileges via a long argument to (1) piox25, related to piox25.c; or (2) piox25remote, related to piox25remote.sh.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- IZ13739 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0324 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 28600 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5796 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 27510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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