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CVE-2008-5092: novell edirectory

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 14-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5092 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in novell edirectory. EPSS estimates a 1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.72%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK) before 8.8 SP3 have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) HTTP language header and (2) HTTP content-length header.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 1.74% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Novell1 product
  • edirectory≤ 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.5.12a | 8.5.27 | 8.6.2 | 8.7 | 8.7.1 | 8.7.1:sp1 | 8.7.3 | 8.7.3:sp1 | 8.7.3:sp2 | 8.7.3:sp3 | 8.7.3:sp4 | 8.7.3:sp5 | 8.7.3:sp6 | 8.7.3:sp7 | 8.7.3:sp8 | 8.7.3:sp9 | 8.7.3.8 | 8.7.3.8_presp9 | 8.7.3.9 | 8.7.3.10 | 8.8 | 8.8.1 | 8.8.2 | 85.20

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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