Out-of-Bounds Affecting wordnet package, versions <1:3.0-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-WORDNET-523010
  • published12 May 2008
  • disclosed12 May 2008

Introduced: 12 May 2008

CVE-2008-2149  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 wordnet to version 1:3.0-10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordnet package and not the wordnet package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

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