CVE-2008-5297
Buffer overflow in No-IP DUC 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a DNS update…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 18.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in No-IP DUC 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a DNS update request, related to a missing length check in the GetNextLine function.
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
- No-IP DUC 2.1.7 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7151remote, linuxpublished 18 Nov 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7151 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.5% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- [oss-security] 20081120 CVE request: no-ip DUC buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 32344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 33610 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4672 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 33138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200901-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 7151 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- DSA-1686 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://xenomuta.tuxfamily.org/exploits/noIPwn3r.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/no-ip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=60ed93621ff36d9731ba5d9f9336d6eb91122302 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32761 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- dducl-httpresponse-bo(46696) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2008-5274 (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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