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CVE-2008-6219

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-02-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

nsrexecd.exe in multiple EMC Networker products including EMC NetWorker Server, Storage Node, and Client 7.3.x and 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, Client and Storage Node for Open VMS 7.3.2 ECO6 and earlier, Module for Microsoft Exchange 5.1 and earlier, Module for Microsoft Applications 2.0 and earlier, Module for Meditech 2.0 and earlier, and PowerSnap 2.4 SP1 and earlier does not properly control the allocation of memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via multiple crafted RPC requests.

Affected products

• EMC Networker Client: through 7.3; through 7.3.2; 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2
• EMC Networker Module: through 2.0; through 5.1
• EMC Networker Powersnap: through 2.4
• EMC Networker Server: through 7.3; 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2
• EMC Networker Storage Node: through 7.3; through 7.3.2; 7.4, 7.4.1, 7.4.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32383
• http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-23.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497645/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497666/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31866
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021095
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2894
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46035
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32383
• http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2008-23.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497645/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497666/100/0/threaded

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