CVE-2008-2292
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 8.4%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the __snprint_value function in snmp_get in Net-SNMP 5.1.4, 5.2.4, and 5.4.1, as used in SNMP.xs for Perl, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large OCTETSTRING in an attribute value pair (AVP).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.4% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2289)
- Published
- May 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2289 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- net-snmp / net-snmp
- net-snmp / net-snmp
- net-snmp / net-snmp
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30187(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31155
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31334
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31351
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31467
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31568
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32664
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33003
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-02.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1826174&group_id=12694&atid=112694
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239785-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-282.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1663
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:118
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0529.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29212
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020527
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-685-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0013.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1528/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2141/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2361
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42430
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11261
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00363.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00380.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00459.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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