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CVE-2008-2436
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the IppCreateServerRef function in nipplib.dll in Novell iPrint Client 4.x before 4.38 and 5.x…
High9.3EPSS 4.9%
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- flexera
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the IppCreateServerRef function in nipplib.dll in Novell iPrint Client 4.x before 4.38 and 5.x before 5.08 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) GetPrinterURLList, (2) GetPrinterURLList2, or (3) GetFileList2 function in the Novell iPrint ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx.
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)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (4 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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References (8)
- 4228 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1020806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-33/advisory (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- novell-iprint-ippcreateserverref-bo(44853) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080903 Secunia Research: Novell iPrint Client nipplib.dll "IppCreateServerRef()" Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 30986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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