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CVE-2008-5231
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ExecuteRequest method in the Novell iPrint ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx in Novell iPrint Client 5.06…
High9.3EPSS 4.0%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ExecuteRequest method in the Novell iPrint ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx in Novell iPrint Client 5.06 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long target-frame option value, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2431.
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)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (2 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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- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-27/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30667 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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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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