CVE-2008-3159
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 8.7%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in ds.dlm, as used by dhost.exe, in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.10 before 8.7.3 SP10b and 8.8 before 8.8.2 ftf2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, related to "flawed arithmetic."
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-189
- EPSS score
- 8.7% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3149)
- Published
- July 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3149 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- novell / edirectory
- novell / edirectory
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30938(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020431
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&sliceId=SAL_Public&externalId=3694858
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30085
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1999
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-041/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43589
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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