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CVE-2008-5092
Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK) before 8.8 SP3 have unknown impact and attack vectors…
High10.0EPSS 1.7%
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK) before 8.8 SP3 have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) HTTP language header and (2) HTTP content-length header.
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)
- 1.7% · top 22% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 30947 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020786 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2462 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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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