CVE-2008-2040
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—💥 Exploit
Desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en la función HTTP::getAuthUserPass (core/common/http.cpp) en Peercast 0.1218 y gnome-peercast permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (caída) y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de una cadena de Autenticación Básica con un (1) nombre de usuario o (2) contraseñas largos.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 15%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 97
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · PeerCast 0.1218 - 'getAuthUserPass' Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (29/4/2008)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-119
Referencias
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31182
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42092
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31182
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42092
JSON original (NVD)
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