CVE-2008-3252
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.
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
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3240)
- Published
- July 21, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3240 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedora / newsx
- fedora / newsx
- redhat / fedora
- redhat / fedora
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31080(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31307
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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