CVE-2008-2145
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Novell Client 4.91 SP4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username in the "forgotten password" dialog.
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% (42th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2142)
- Published
- May 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2142 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- novell / client
- novell / client
- novell / client
- novell / client
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30126
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3868
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491814/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29109
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020020
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1503
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42359
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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