Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5383

Title: National Instruments Electronics Workbench RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-5383

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Dec 09, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5383: Stack-based buffer overflow in National Instruments Electronics Workbench allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ewb file.

Impacted Vendors

national_instruments 1

Reference Links

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4698 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32542 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46996 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7307 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4698 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32542 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46996 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7307

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-2008-5383 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7307

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 09, 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.