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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-0871 json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Now SMS/MMS Gateway 2007.06.27 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…

published 2008-02-21 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0878

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
32.8%
EPSS 32.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Now SMS/MMS Gateway 2007.06.27 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long password in an Authorization header to the HTTP service or a (2) large packet to the SMPP service.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/http/nowsms)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

32.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/http/nowsms Now SMS/MMS Gateway Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2008-02-19
  • EDB-16779 Now SMS/Mms Gateway - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-05-09
  • EDB-5695 Now SMS/Mms Gateway 5.5 - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2008-05-29
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27896 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/nowsmsz-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.