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CVE-2008-2240

77
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2240 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Web Server service of IBM Lotus Domino versions prior to 7.0.3 FP1 and 8.x prior to 8.0.1. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service (daemon crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, long Accept-Language HTTP header. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code, including a Metasploit module, exists, suggesting a high potential for exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_domino:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
64.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: IBM Lotus Domino Web Server Accept-Language Stack Buffer Overflow · May 20, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-16697 · Nov 11, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6482 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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/30310
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30332
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42552
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Patch
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2008-May/001988.html
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2008-May/001989.html
mwrinfosecurity.com / publications/mwri_ibm-lotus-domino-accept-language-stack-overflow_2008-05-20.pdf
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/29310
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1597