Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-4306

Title: Ubuntu Linux Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-4306.

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Nov 04, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.44%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-4306: Buffer overflow in enscript before 1.6.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to the font escape sequence.

Impacted Vendors

C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1
S
sun 1
U
ubuntu 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html http://osvdb.org/49569 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32521 http://secunia.com/advisories/32530 http://secunia.com/advisories/32753 http://secunia.com/advisories/32854 http://secunia.com/advisories/32970 http://secunia.com/advisories/33109 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html http://osvdb.org/49569 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1021.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32521 http://secunia.com/advisories/32530 http://secunia.com/advisories/32753 http://secunia.com/advisories/32854 http://secunia.com/advisories/32970 http://secunia.com/advisories/33109 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-02.xml http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-504.htm http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0321 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1670 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:243 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1016.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498385/100/0/threaded http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-660-1 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2887 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10718 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00014.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00040.html
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-2008-4306 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.