CVE-2008-6897
Multiple buffer overflows in Getleft.exe in Andres Garcia Getleft 1.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and…
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Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Getleft.exe in Andres Garcia Getleft 1.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) "a" HTML tag; a long src attribute in (2) embed, (3) img, or (4) script tags; (5) a long background attribute in a body tag; and other unspecified tags.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 7564 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 7564 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- getleft-htmltag-bo(47597) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32994 (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)
- 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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