GSD-2008-3908

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23
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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.
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CVE-2008-3908
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-11T20:50Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-09-04T17:41Z"
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