CVE-2008-4480
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 10.6%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.x before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x24 message that triggers a calculation error that under-allocates a heap buffer.
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
- 10.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4461)
- Published
- October 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4461 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- novell / edirectory
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32111(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4404(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001183&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3477912(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497169/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020990(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-066/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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