Description
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.
Published: 2008-03-27
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 19.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2058-1 New glibc packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-944-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:17:34.850Z

Reserved: 2008-03-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1391

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-03-27T17:44:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1391

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2008-03-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1391 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses