{"id":"CVE-2008-0633","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-0633","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:30.532Z","title":"Buffer overflow in Anon Proxy Server 0.102 and earlier, when user authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exception) via a user name with a large number of quotes, which triggers the overflow during escaping.","description":"Buffer overflow in Anon Proxy Server 0.102 and earlier, when user authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exception) via a user name with a large number of quotes, which triggers the overflow during escaping.","published":"2008-02-06T21:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:50:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["anon proxy server/anon proxy server"],"epss":{"score":0.01931,"percentile":0.79877,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2008-02-04","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":31100,"kind":"exploit","title":"Anon Proxy Server 0.100/0.102 - Remote Authentication Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31100","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/dos/31100.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/dos/31100.txt","published":"2008-02-04","added":"2008-02-04","updated":"2014-01-21","author":"L4teral","type":"dos","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-0633","OSVDB-41354"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27593/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3618","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487446/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27593","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=138780&release_id=571924","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3618","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487446/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27593","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=138780&release_id=571924","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0633","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}