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CVE-2008-1391 Details

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c	CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29574	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	CVE
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53	CVE	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770	CVE	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504	CVE
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html	CVE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722	CVE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444	CVE
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c	[email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29574	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	[email protected]
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53	[email protected]	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770	[email protected]	Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504	[email protected]
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html	[email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722	[email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444	[email protected]

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
freebsd freebsd	6.0 6.0 release 6.0 stable 6.0_p5_release 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0_p5_release:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:pre-release:::::: cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0_beta4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0_releng:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
netbsd netbsd	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 28, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]