CVE-2009-4653

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the dhost module in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 for Windows allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (dhost.exe crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string to /dhost/modules?I:.

Affected products

Novell eDirectory: 8.8-sp5

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507812/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54264
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507812/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37009
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54264

Get alerted when CVE-2009-4653 or the next vulnerability affects your stack