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CVE-2008-5297

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5297 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in No-IP DUC version 2.1.7 and earlier. This flaw allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by sending a specially crafted response to a DNS update request, stemming from a missing length check in the GetNextLine function. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring high attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vitalwerks:no-ip_duc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vitalwerks:no-ip_duc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vitalwerks:no-ip_duc:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vitalwerks:no-ip_duc:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
18.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7151 · Nov 18, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1846 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 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, 0.1 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

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
git.debian.org
secunia.com / advisories/32761
secunia.com / advisories/33138
secunia.com / advisories/33610
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200901-12.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/4672
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46696
exploit-db.com / exploits/7151
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1686
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/21/15
securityfocus.com / bid/32344
xenomuta.tuxfamily.org / exploits/noIPwn3r.c
Exploit