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CVE-2008-2234
Multiple buffer overflows in Openwsman 1.2.0 and 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted "Authorization:…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
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Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Openwsman 1.2.0 and 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 31410 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31942 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30694 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2624 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0015.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openwsman-session-replay-code-execution(44484) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2397 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20080918 VMSA-2008-0015 Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20080919 VMSA-2008-0015 Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openwsman-authentication-header-bo(44481) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31429 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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