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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5409 · published 10 December 2008

CVE-2008-5409: Bitdefender antivirus memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Bitdefender · Antivirus

Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and (3) Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, possibly related to included compressed streams that were processed with the ASCIIHexDecode filter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 11% · top 4.2% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module in (1) BitDefender Free Edition 10 and Antivirus Standard 10, (2) BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and (3) Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, possibly related to included compressed streams that were processed with the ASCIIHexDecode filter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-BitDefenderDOS.zip
http://osvdb.org/50010
http://osvdb.org/50103
http://osvdb.org/50205
http://secunia.com/advisories/27805 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32789 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32814 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32396 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46750
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7178
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-BitDefenderDOS.zip
http://osvdb.org/50010
http://osvdb.org/50103
http://osvdb.org/50205
http://secunia.com/advisories/27805 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32789 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32814 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32396 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46750
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7178

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5409), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.