FKIE_CVE-2008-1278

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-10 23:44 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity ?
Summary
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/remotelynowhere-adv.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29296Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489354/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28175Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0816/references
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/remotelynowhere-adv.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29296Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489354/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28175Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0816/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41077
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
remotelyanywhere remotelyanywhere *
remotelyanywhere remotelyanywhere *
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467",
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