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CVE-2008-2080
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Read32s_64 function in src/lib/cdfread64.c in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Read32s_64 function in src/lib/cdfread64.c in the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format (CDF) library before 3.2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .cdf file with crafted length tags.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/CDF32_buffer_overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2260 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- cdf-read32s64-bo(42219) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1440 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1019965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30053 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30169 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2008-2077 (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-2008-2080)Record last updated .