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CVE-2008-5416

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 87.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4, 8.00.2050, 8.00.2039, and earlier; SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) SP4; SQL Server 2005 SP2 and 9.00.1399.06; SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (WMSDE) on Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and Windows Internal Database (WYukon) SP2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (access violation exception) or execute arbitrary code by calling the sp_replwritetovarbin extended stored procedure with a set of invalid parameters that trigger memory overwrite, aka "SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Limited Memory Overwrite Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft SQL Server: 2000, 2005

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-12/0304.html
• http://osvdb.org/50917
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33034
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4706
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021363
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1021490
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-055.htm
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/696644
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/961040.mspx
• http://www.sec-consult.com/files/20081209_mssql-2000-sp_replwritetovarbin_memwrite.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499042/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499085/100/0/threaded

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