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CVE-2008-2427

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2427 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in NConvert, GFL SDK, and XnView across Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious Sun TAAC file containing a specially formatted keyword. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring medium attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pagesperso-orange:gfl_sdk:2.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pagesperso-orange:nconvert:4.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.93.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pagesperso-orange:xnview:1.93.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.70CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pagesperso-orange:xnview:1.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5951 · Jun 26, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1606 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30416
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30789
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / secunia_research/2008-24/advisory
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3956
securitytracker.com / id
exploit-db.com / exploits/5951
securityfocus.com / archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29851
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1896
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1897