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CVE-2008-2639

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2639 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the ODBC server service of Citect CitectSCADA 6 and 7, and CitectFacilities 7. This critical vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, long string in the second application packet during a TCP session on port 20222. With a CVSS score of 7.6 and an EPSS score of 0.85791, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and offering complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit modules exist in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating readily available exploit code, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citect:citectfacilities:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citect:citectscada:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citect:citectscada:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: CitectSCADA/CitectFacilities ODBC Buffer Overflow · Jun 11, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-16380 · Nov 14, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7772 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 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

isc.sans.org / diary.html
secunia.com / advisories/30638
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3944
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42992
exploit-db.com / exploits/6387
coresecurity.com
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/476345
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/CTAR-7ENQNH
securityfocus.com / archive/1/493272/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/29634
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1834/references