CVE-2008-4479
highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.103 · 96 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
10.3% (96th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SOAP request with a long Accept-Language header.
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10.0
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affected products (3)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2008-10-14modified 2026-06-16
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references (18)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/32111enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4405enisa_euvd
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000086&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497164/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020989enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738enisa_euvd
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