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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-2654 json

Off-by-one error in the read_client function in webhttpd.c in Motion 3.2.10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary c…

published 2008-06-13 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2649

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.0%
EPSS 8.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Off-by-one error in the read_client function in webhttpd.c in Motion 3.2.10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to a Motion HTTP Control interface, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow with some combinations of processor architecture and compiler.

Patch / fix

  • motion Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.2.9-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2654

Exploit prediction

8.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • lavrsen.dk http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/pub/Motion/ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x9/webhttpd-security-video2-backport.diff referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lavrsen.dk http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/pub/Motion/ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x10/webhttpd-security.diff referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • marc.info http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121314329424538&w=2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484572 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

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Sources

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