CVE-2008-0151

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit WAC Server 2.1.0.910, 2.0 Build 3503, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Telnet request with long options.

Published: 2008-01-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0151 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.51%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0151

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30990 exploit_db edb 2008-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0151

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.16% 8.51% +2.35%
2 2026-02-18 4.13% 6.16% +2.03%
3 2025-10-28 4.13%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0151

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0151

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0151

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
foxitsoftware wac_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:wac_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foxitsoftware wac_server 2.1.0.910 cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:wac_server:2.1.0.910:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0151

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