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CVE-2008-2431

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 51.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Novell iPrint Client before 5.06 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by calling the Novell iPrint ActiveX control (aka ienipp.ocx) with (1) a long third argument to the GetDriverFile method; a long first argument to the (2) GetPrinterURLList or (3) GetPrinterURLList2 method; (4) a long argument to the GetFileList method; a long argument to the (5) GetServerVersion, (6) GetResourceList, or (7) DeleteResource method, related to nipplib.dll; a long uploadPath argument to the (8) UploadPrinterDriver or (9) UploadResource method, related to URIs; (10) a long seventh argument to the UploadResource method; a long string in the (11) second, (12) third, or (13) fourth argument to the GetDriverSettings method, related to the IppGetDriverSettings function in nipplib.dll; or (14) a long eighth argument to the UploadResourceToRMS method.

Affected products

• Novell iPrint webrowser ActiveX plugin: through 5.04; 4.26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.30, 4.32, 4.34 (+2)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30667
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-27/advisory/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30813
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44616
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30667
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-27/advisory/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30813
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44616

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