CWE Code: 119
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 10.0
CWE Name:  Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2008-09-04
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-11