CVE-2008-2080

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Read32s_64 function in src/lib/cdfread64.c in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format (CDF) library before 3.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .cdf file with crafted length tags.

Affected products

Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format: through 3.2; 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 (+4)

References

http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDF32_buffer_overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30053
http://secunia.com/advisories/30169
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-14.xml
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2260
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29045
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019965
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1440/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42219
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDF32_buffer_overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30053
http://secunia.com/advisories/30169

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