Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-1391

Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.
Published 2008-03-27 17:44:00
Updated 2018-10-11 20:33:15
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Execute code

Products affected by CVE-2008-1391

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1391

EPSS FAQ
3.24%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 91 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-1391

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2008-1391

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2008-1391

  • Red Hat 2009-09-24
    Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. Properly written application should not use arbitrary untrusted data as part of the format string passed to functions as strfmon or printf family functions.

References for CVE-2008-1391

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