CVE-2008-2436
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the IppCreateServerRef function in nipplib.dll in Novell iPrint Client 4.x before 4.38 and 5.x before 5.08 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) GetPrinterURLList, (2) GetPrinterURLList2, or (3) GetFileList2 function in the Novell iPrint ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx.
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-94
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2431)
- Published
- September 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2431 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- novell / iprint client
- novell / iprint client
- novell / iprint client
- novell / iprint client
- novell / iprint client
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31370(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-33/advisory(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4228
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30986
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020806
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2481
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44853
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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