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CVE-2008-2514

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in errpt in IBM AIX 5.2, 5.3, and 6.1 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3, 6.1

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/errpt_advisory.asc
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30349
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020084
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ19905
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ21494
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22346
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22347
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ22348
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29323
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1626/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42578
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5629

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