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CVE-2008-4478
Multiple integer overflows in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.73 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allow remote attackers to…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 9.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple integer overflows in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.73 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) Content-Length header in a SOAP request or (2) Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x0F message, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.8% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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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
14
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-065 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- novell-edirectory-httpcontentlength-dos(45628) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32111 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-063 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20081008 ZDI-08-063: Novell eDirectory dhost.exe Content-Length Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20081008 ZDI-08-065: Novell eDirectory Core Protocol Opcode 0x0F Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000087&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001184&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020990 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2008-4459 (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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