CVE-2008-4395

Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6
Ubuntu Linux Kernel: through 2.6.26

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371
http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a806ee8f9f
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32509
http://www.mail-archive.com/frugalware-git%40frugalware.org/msg22366.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32118
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021142
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-662-2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46437

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