CVE-2008-2469
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 22.3%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SPF_dns_resolv_lookup function in Spf_dns_resolv.c in libspf2 before 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DNS TXT record with a modified length field.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 22.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2464)
- Published
- October 23, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2464 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
- libspf / libspf2
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=242254
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32396
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32450
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32496(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32720
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200810-03.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4487
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/11/up2date_7305_released.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1659
- http://www.doxpara.com/?p=1263
- http://www.doxpara.com/?page_id=1256
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/183657(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31881(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2896
- https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/libspf2/1.2.5.dfsg-4ubuntu0.7.10.1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/+source/libspf2/+bug/271025
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46055
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6805
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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