CVE-2008-7078
Multiple buffer overflows in Rumpus before 6.0.1 allow remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Rumpus before 6.0.1 allow remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long HTTP verb in the HTTP component; and allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (2) MKD, (3) XMKD, (4) RMD, and other unspecified commands in the FTP component.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Maxum Rumpus 6.0 - Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7314dos, windowspublished 1 Dec 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7314 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- rumpus-ftp-bo(46988) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 7314 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20081201 [BMSA 2008-09] Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Rumpus v6.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20081201 [BMSA 2008-09] Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Rumpus v6.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 32892 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32558 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- rumpus-http-dos(46987) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.maxum.com/Rumpus/News601.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2008-7037 (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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