CVE-2008-2149
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.
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
- 4.1% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2146)
- 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-2008-2146 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wordnet / wordnet
- wordnet / wordnet
- wordnet / wordnet
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1634
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29208
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1527/references
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211491(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42378
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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