Is CVE-2008-6897 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-6897 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-6897?

CVE-2008-6897 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-6897

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD

Multiple buffer overflows in Getleft.exe in Andres Garcia Getleft 1.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) "a" HTML tag; a long src attribute in (2) embed, (3) img, or (4) script tags; (5) a long background attribute in a body tag; and other unspecified tags.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 5.8% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-6857)
Published: August 5, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6857 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

andres garcia / getleft

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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