CVE-2008-0151
Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit WAC Server 2.1.0.910, 2.0 Build 3503, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 8.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit WAC Server 2.1.0.910, 2.0 Build 3503, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Telnet request with long options.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Foxit WAC Server 2.0 Build 3503 - Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30990dos, multiplepublished 4 Jan 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 3525 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 27142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- wacserver-option-dos(39427) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/waccaz-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20080219 Two heap overflow in Foxit WAC Server 2.0 Build 3503 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080104 Some DoS in some telnet servers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wachof-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0164 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0151)Record last updated .