Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2427

Title: Pagesperso-Orange Nconvert RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-2427

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Jun 24, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

16.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-2427: Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted format keyword in a Sun TAAC file.

Impacted Vendors

gentoo 1

pierreegougelet 3

pagesperso-orange 3

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/30416 http://secunia.com/advisories/30789 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-24/advisory/ http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3956 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020340 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29851 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1896 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1897 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5951 http://secunia.com/advisories/30416 http://secunia.com/advisories/30789 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-24/advisory/ http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3956 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020340 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29851 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1896 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1897 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5951

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2427 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5951

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 24, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.