CVE-2008-3169

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Empire Server before 4.3.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to a "coordinate normalization bug." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Empire Server: through 4.3.11; 4.2.10, 4.2.11, 4.2.12, 4.2.13, 4.2.14, 4.2.15 (+10)

References

http://freshmeat.net/projects/empserver/?branch_id=22267&release_id=280745
http://secunia.com/advisories/30954
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=24031&release_id=600111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30152
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43655
http://freshmeat.net/projects/empserver/?branch_id=22267&release_id=280745
http://secunia.com/advisories/30954
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=24031&release_id=600111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30152
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43655

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