CVE-2008-2149

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

Affected products

Wordnet: 2.0, 2.1, 3.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30242
http://secunia.com/advisories/31654
http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1634
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:182
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29208
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1527/references
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211491
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42378
http://secunia.com/advisories/30242
http://secunia.com/advisories/31654

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