CVE-2008-0871
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Now SMS/MMS Gateway 2007.06.27 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 32.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Now SMS/MMS Gateway 2007.06.27 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long password in an Authorization header to the HTTP service or a (2) large packet to the SMPP service.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- Now SMS/MMS Gateway Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/nowsmsRank gooddisclosed 19 Feb 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Now SMS/Mms Gateway - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16779remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- Now SMS/Mms Gateway 5.5 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5695remote, windowspublished 29 May 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5695 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.8% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- ADV-2008-0615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/nowsmsz-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29003 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080219 Multiple buffer-overflow in NowSMS v2007.06.27 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5695 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2008-0878 (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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