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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1391

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1391 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:14glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:12glibc0, 0, 0
Debian:13glibc0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Mar 27, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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