Is CVE-2008-1994 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1994 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1994?

CVE-2008-1994 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-1994

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (a) acon.c, (b) menu.c, and (c) child.c in Acon 1.0.5-5 through 1.0.5-7 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HOME environment variable or (2) a large number of terminal columns.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 0.5% (40th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1992)
Published: April 27, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1992 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ahmed abdel-hamid mohamed / acon
ahmed abdel-hamid mohamed / acon
ahmed abdel-hamid mohamed / acon

References

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

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