CVE-2008-2240

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 64.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Web Server service in IBM Lotus Domino before 7.0.3 FP1, and 8.x before 8.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Accept-Language HTTP header.

Affected products

IBM Lotus Domino: 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0, 8.0.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30310
http://secunia.com/advisories/30332
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21303057
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-May/001988.html
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-May/001989.html
http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_ibm-lotus-domino-accept-language-stack-overflow_2008-05-20.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29310
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020098
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1597
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42552
http://secunia.com/advisories/30310
http://secunia.com/advisories/30332

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