CVE-2008-4038 (GCVE-0-2008-4038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
Buffer underflow in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Server Message Block (SMB) request that contains a filename with a crafted length, aka "SMB Buffer Underflow Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32249 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31647 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2814 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2008-10-14 00:00
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