{"cve":"CVE-2008-3252","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-21T17:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:28.200","status":"Modified","description":"Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/31080","http://secunia.com/advisories/31307","http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483"],"products":["fedora:newsx"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3252","score":0.06654,"percentile":0.9388,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}