CVE-2008-2161

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 65.3% 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

Buffer overflow in TFTP Server SP 1.4 and 1.5 on Windows, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long TFTP error packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Tftp Server Sp: 1.4, 1.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30147
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29111
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1468/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42298
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5563
http://secunia.com/advisories/30147
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29111
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1468/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42298
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5563

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