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CVE-2008-5038
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2…
Critical9.8EPSS 6.2%
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Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a sequence of "Get NCP Extension Information By Name" requests that cause one thread to operate on memory after it has been freed in another thread, which triggers memory corruption, aka Novell Bug 373852.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20081030 Novell eDirectory NCP Get Extension Information Request Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31956 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 48206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1021117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- novell-edirectory-ncp-unspecified(46138) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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