CVE-2008-2469
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SPF_dns_resolv_lookup function in Spf_dns_resolv.c in libspf2 before 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 22.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the SPF_dns_resolv_lookup function in Spf_dns_resolv.c in libspf2 before 1.2.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DNS TXT record with a modified length field.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- LibSPF2 < 1.2.8 - DNS TXT Record Parsing Bug Heap Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6805dos, multiplepublished 22 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6805 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
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By certcc
- 5 months later
· 5 months 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.3% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (9 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
18
- 32720 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 6805 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4487 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- libspf2-dnstxtrecord-bo(46055) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy/+source/libspf2/1.2.5.dfsg-4ubuntu0.7.10.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://up2date.astaro.com/2008/11/up2date_7305_released.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?format=multiple&id=242254 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1659 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/feisty/+source/libspf2/+bug/271025 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.doxpara.com/?page_id=1256 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.doxpara.com/?p=1263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200810-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- VU#183657 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 32496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32450 (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-2008-2464 (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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