THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1210
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1210

Programmers Notepad vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ctags parsing code in Programmer's Notepad before 2.0.8.718 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted .c file, when the victim selects the Jump To dialog. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Pnotepad
Affected product
Programmers Notepad
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2008-03-08

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 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1210

  • Confirm whether Pnotepad Programmers Notepad is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1210.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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