CVE-2008-2542

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 4.8%

from disclosure to weapon0 days

Published on NVDJun 5

1st PoCJun 4

exploitation probability

4.8%top 9% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

1 public exploit(s)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getline function in Ppm/ppm.C in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

public PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof

exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/31872

⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30546 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3924 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42847 http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2304 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493112/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29517 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1745/references