CVE-2008-6252
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the smc program in smcFanControl 2.1.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via a long -k option.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.3% (71th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-6222)
- Published
- February 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6222 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- smcfancontrol / smcfancontrol
References
- http://blog.xwings.net/?p=127(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/49796
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32679(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32252(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3126(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46551
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7088
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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