CVE-2008-5440
Unspecified vulnerability in the TimesTen Data Server component in Oracle Database 7.0.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to affect…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 11.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the TimesTen Data Server component in Oracle Database 7.0.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this is a format string vulnerability via the msg parameter in the evtdump CGI module.
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 34 days later
· 34 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.9% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 33525 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090114 Oracle TimesTen Remote Format String (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0115 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2009-097901.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33177 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090114 ZDI-09-004: Oracle TimesTen evtdump Remote Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://joxeankoret.com/blog/?p=41 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-004 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2008-5417 (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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