THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-3209
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-3209

Black Ice Document Imaging Sdk vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in the OpenGifFile function in BiGif.dll in Black Ice Document Imaging SDK 10.95 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string argument to the GetNumberOfImagesInGifFile method in the BIImgFrm Control ActiveX control in biimgfrm.ocx. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
Blackice
Affected product
Black Ice Document Imaging Sdk
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
2008-07-18

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 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-3209

  • Confirm whether Blackice Black Ice Document Imaging Sdk is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-3209.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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