HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2880

Afp Viewer Plug In vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in the IBM AFP Viewer Plug-in 2.0.7.1 and 3.2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SRC property value. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Afp Viewer Plug In
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
2008-06-26

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 3.9% 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-2008-2880

  • Confirm whether Ibm Afp Viewer Plug In is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2880.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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