{"cve":"CVE-2008-3908","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-04T17:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:56:47.187","status":"Modified","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file).  NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/32184","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217","http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml","http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-014.html","http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt"],"products":["princeton_university:wordnet"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3908","score":0.04429,"percentile":0.91375,"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."]}