CVE-2008-5159 in the critical feed json
Integer overflow in the remote administration protocol processing in Client Software WinCom LPD Total 3.0.2.623 and earlier allows remote a…
published 2008-11-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5137
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 59.7%
- EPSS 59.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
- public exploits
- 3
- Metasploit, Exploit-DB
Summary
Integer overflow in the remote administration protocol processing in Client Software WinCom LPD Total 3.0.2.623 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large string length argument, which triggers memory corruption.
Timeline
- First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/lpd/wincomlpd_admin)
- Published
Exploit prediction
59.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit exploit/windows/lpd/wincomlpd_admin WinComLPD Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, good rank, 2008-02-04
- EDB-31106 WinComLPD Total 3.0.2.623 - Remote Buffer Overflow / Authentication Bypass remote, 2008-02-04
- EDB-16335 WinComLPD 3.0.2 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-22
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-189 Numeric Errors
References
-
secunia.com
/advisories/28763
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
- aluigi.org /adv/wincomalpd-adv.txt
-
securityfocus.com
/archive/1/487507/100/200/threaded
mailing-list
-
vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/0410
vdb-entry
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/27614
vdb-entry
-
securityreason.com
/securityalert/4610
third-party-advisory
- aluigi.org /poc/wincomalpd.zip
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-5159
- NVD CVE-2008-5159
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