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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5038 · published 12 November 2008

CVE-2008-5038: Novell edirectory use after free vulnerability

Novell · Edirectory

Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a sequence of "Get NCP Extension Information By Name" requests that cause one thread to operate on memory after it has been freed in another thread, which triggers memory corruption, aka Novell Bug 373852.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 6.2% · top 6.7% CWE-416 · Use after free
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 10.0
6.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a sequence of "Get NCP Extension Information By Name" requests that cause one thread to operate on memory after it has been freed in another thread, which triggers memory corruption, aka Novell Bug 373852.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748 Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/48206 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32395 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html Broken LinkPatch
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748 Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/48206 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32395 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html Broken LinkPatch
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937 Broken LinkVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5038), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.