CVE-2008-4779
Stack-based buffer overflow in TUGzip 3.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 64.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in TUGzip 3.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a .zip file.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- TugZip 3.5 Zip File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/tugzipRank gooddisclosed 28 Oct 2008
Exploit-DB3 entries
- TugZip 3.5 Archiver - '.ZIP' File Parsing Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17967local, windowspublished 11 Oct 2011Verified
- TugZip 3.5 Archiver - '.ZIP' File Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12008local, windowspublished 1 Apr 2010Verified
- TugZip 3.00 Archiver - '.zip' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6831local, windowspublished 24 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6831 (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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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)
- 64.7% · top 0.8% 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
6
- 31913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32411 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- tugzip-zip-bo(46120) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 6831 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2008-4759 (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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