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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1391 · published 27 March 2008

CVE-2008-1391: Freebsd vulnerability

Freebsd · Freebsd

Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-189 · CWE-189
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libc in NetBSD 4.x, FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, and probably other BSD and Apple Mac OS platforms allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via large values of certain integer fields in the format argument to (1) the strfmon function in lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c, related to the GET_NUMBER macro; and (2) the printf function, related to left_prec and right_prec.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29574
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53 Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770 Exploit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.c
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29574
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/53 Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3770 Exploit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2058
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490158/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28479
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019722
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41504
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00007.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1391), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.