FKIE_CVE-2008-3908
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-04 17:41 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| princeton_university | wordnet | 3.0 |
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"lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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