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CVE-2008-2684

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2684 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the BIDIB.BIDIBCtrl.1 ActiveX control (BIDIB.ocx 10.9.3.0) within Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01. Attackers can exploit this by providing overly long strings to the DownloadImageFileURL method, leading to memory corruption. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit (EDB-5750) is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:blackice:black_ice_barcode_sdk:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5750 · Jun 5, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0874 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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/30548
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42896
exploit-db.com / exploits/5750
securityfocus.com / bid/29579
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1768/references