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CVE-2008-3159
Integer overflow in ds.dlm, as used by dhost.exe, in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.10 before 8.7.3 SP10b and 8.8 before 8.8.2 ftf2 allows remote…
High10.0EPSS 8.7%
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Description
Integer overflow in ds.dlm, as used by dhost.exe, in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.10 before 8.7.3 SP10b and 8.8 before 8.8.2 ftf2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, related to "flawed arithmetic."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.7% · top 4.9% 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 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 1020431 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&sliceId=SAL_Public&externalId=3694858 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- novell-edirectory-dsdlm-bo(43589) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-041/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30938 (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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