PT-2008-3896 · Nbconvert+2 · Nconvert+2

Published 2008-06-24 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2427

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: NConvert version 4.92 GFL SDK version 2.82 XnView versions 1.93.6 (on Windows) and 1.70 (on Linux and FreeBSD)

Description: The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow that allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved via a crafted format keyword in a Sun TAAC file.

Recommendations: For NConvert version 4.92, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For GFL SDK version 2.82, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. For XnView versions 1.93.6 (on Windows) and 1.70 (on Linux and FreeBSD), update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2427

Affected Products

Gfl Sdk

Nconvert

Xnview

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/5951 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2427 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30416 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-24/advisory · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30789 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3956 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29851 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1897 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1896 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020340 · Note