{"id":"CVE-2008-2234","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-2234","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:53.436Z","title":"Multiple buffer overflows in Openwsman 1.2.0 and 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted \"Authorization: Basic\" HTTP header.","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in Openwsman 1.2.0 and 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted \"Authorization: Basic\" HTTP header.","published":"2008-08-18T17:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:53:22.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["openwsman/openwsman"],"epss":{"score":0.04318,"percentile":0.91103,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00003.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000034.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31410","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31429","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31942","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496528/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30694","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0015.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2397","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2624","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44481","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44484","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000034.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31410","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31429","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31942","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496528/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30694","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0015.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2397","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2624","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44481","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44484","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2234","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."}