AZL-7423

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Import Source

https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-7423.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-7423

Upstream

CVE-2008-3908

Published

2008-09-04T17:41:00Z

Modified

2026-04-21T04:38:41.258676Z

Summary

CVE-2008-3908 affecting package wordnet for versions less than 3.0-38

Details

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

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3908

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / wordnet

Package

Name: wordnet
Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/wordnet

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.0-38

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-7423.json"