CVE-2008-3252

critical

Description

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622

http://secunia.com/advisories/31307

http://secunia.com/advisories/31080

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-07-21

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H