CVE-2008-5440

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the TimesTen Data Server component in Oracle Database 7.0.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this is a format string vulnerability via the msg parameter in the evtdump CGI module.

Affected products

Oracle Corporation TimesTen In-Memory Database: 7.0.5.0.0

References

http://joxeankoret.com/blog/?p=41
http://secunia.com/advisories/33525
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2009-097901.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500078/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500080/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33177
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0115
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-004
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-004/
http://joxeankoret.com/blog/?p=41
http://secunia.com/advisories/33525
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2009-097901.html

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