Out-of-Bounds Affecting wordnet package, versions <1:3.0-12


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.9% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-WORDNET-526861
  • published4 Sept 2008
  • disclosed4 Sept 2008

Introduced: 4 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-3908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 wordnet to version 1:3.0-12 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.

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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