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CVE-2008-4395
Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by…
- 8.3HighCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the ndiswrapper module 1.53 for the Linux kernel 2.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending packets over a local wireless network that specify long ESSIDs.
Timeline
ID reserved
By canonical
- 35 days later
· 35 days 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 | High8.3 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- [frugalware-git] 20081014 kernel2627: ndiswrapper-1.53-6-i686 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- linux-kernel-ndiswrapper-bo(46437) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-662-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-4395 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=239371 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-662-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32509 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021142 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=frugalware-current.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=49945b423c2f7e33b4c579ca460df6a806ee8f9f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/275860 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-4376 (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-2008-4395)Record last updated .