Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 4, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3908
CVE-2008-3908
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:princeton_university:wordnet:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/32184nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4217nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xmlnvd
- www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.htmlnvd
- www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txtnvd
- www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patchnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851nvd
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