FKIE_CVE-2008-3908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-04 17:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:56
Severity
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32184
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
princeton_university wordnet 3.0
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:56:47.187",
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