CVE-2008-5440

critical

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the TimesTen Data Server component in Oracle Database 7.0.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this is a format string vulnerability via the msg parameter in the evtdump CGI module.

References

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-004/

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-004

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0115

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33177

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500080/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500078/100/0/threaded

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2009-097901.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/33525

http://joxeankoret.com/blog/?p=41

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02437