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CVE-2008-2514
Buffer overflow in errpt in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.
Medium4.6EPSS 0.41%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in errpt in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% 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: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- IZ21494 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ22348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 30349 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- IZ22347 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ22346 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1626 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020084 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ibm-aix-setuidroot-errpt-bo(42578) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/errpt_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IZ19905 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 29323 (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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