CVE-2008-3252

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.

Affected products

Fedora Newsx: 1.6-8.fc8, 1.6-9.fc9

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31080
http://secunia.com/advisories/31307
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31080
http://secunia.com/advisories/31307
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231

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