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critical 10.0

CVE-2008-4779 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in TUGzip 3.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long fil…

published 2008-10-29 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4759

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
64.7%
EPSS 64.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in TUGzip 3.5.0.0 allows remote attackers to denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a .zip file.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6831)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

64.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/fileformat/tugzip TugZip 3.5 Zip File Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability metasploit exploit, good rank, 2008-10-28
  • EDB-17967 TugZip 3.5 Archiver - '.ZIP' File Parsing Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) local, 2011-10-11
  • EDB-12008 TugZip 3.5 Archiver - '.ZIP' File Buffer Overflow local, 2010-04-01
  • EDB-6831 TugZip 3.00 Archiver - '.zip' Local Buffer Overflow local, 2008-10-24

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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