CVE-2008-2080
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Read32s_64 function in src/lib/cdfread64.c in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format (CDF) library before 3.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .cdf file with crafted length tags.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2077)
- Published
- May 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2077 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
- nasa goddard space flight center / common data format
References
- http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDF32_buffer_overflow.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30053
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30169
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-14.xml
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2260(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29045
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019965
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1440/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42219
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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