CVE-2008-4395
HIGH · CVSS 8.3EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4376)
- Published
- November 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4376 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- ubuntu / linux kernel
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371
- http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a806ee8f9f
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32509(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git%40frugalware.org/msg22366.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32118
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021142
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46437
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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