CVE-2008-2427
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 16.1%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted format keyword in a Sun TAAC file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 16.1% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2422)
- Published
- June 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2422 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freebsd / freebsd
- microsoft / windows nt
- pagesperso-orange / gfl sdk
- pagesperso-orange / nconvert
- pagesperso-orange / xnview
- pagesperso-orange / xnview
- redhat / linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30416(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30789(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-24/advisory/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3956
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020340
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29851
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1896
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1897
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5951
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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