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high 7.6

CVE-2008-5297 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in No-IP DUC 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a DNS update…

published 2008-12-01 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5274

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.5%
EPSS 18.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in No-IP DUC 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a DNS update request, related to a missing length check in the GetNextLine function.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7151)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

18.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7151 No-IP DUC 2.1.7 - Remote Code Execution remote, 2008-11-18
  • xenomuta.tuxfamily.org http://xenomuta.tuxfamily.org/exploits/noIPwn3r.c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/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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