Is CVE-2008-2684 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2684 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2684?

CVE-2008-2684 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-2684

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 8.7%EU EUVD

The BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in the two arguments to the DownloadImageFileURL method, which trigger memory corruption. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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: 8.7% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2679)
Published: June 12, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2679 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

blackice / black ice barcode sdk

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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