HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-0379

Crystal Reports Xi vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Race condition in the Enterprise Tree ActiveX control (EnterpriseControls.dll 11.5.0.313) in Crystal Reports XI Release 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the SelectedSession method, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Businessobjects
Affected product
Crystal Reports Xi
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-01-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-0379

  • Confirm whether Businessobjects Crystal Reports Xi is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0379.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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