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CVE-2008-1391

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 18.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.5 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-189
EPSS score
18.8% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-1398)
Published
March 27, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1398 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • freebsd / freebsd
  • netbsd / netbsd

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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