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CVE-2008-2427
Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows…
High9.3EPSS 16.1%
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- flexera
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted format keyword in a Sun TAAC file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.1% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- ADV-2008-1897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30789 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-24/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29851 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1020340 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080620 Secunia Research: XnView, NConvert, and GFL SDK Sun TAAC Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3956 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 30416 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 5951 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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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