CVE-2008-2908

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 35.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in a certain ActiveX control in ienipp.ocx in Novell iPrint Client for Windows before 4.36 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long value of the (1) operation, (2) printer-url, or (3) target-frame parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Novell Iprint Client: through 4.35

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30709
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028061.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/145313
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29736
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020303
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1837/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43085
http://secunia.com/advisories/30709
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028061.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/145313
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29736
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020303

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