CVE-2008-0379

Exp

Race condition in the Enterprise Tree ActiveX control (EnterpriseControls.dll 11.5.0.313) in Crystal Reports XI Release 2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the SelectedSession method, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Published: 2008-01-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0379 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.56%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-0379

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4931 exploit_db edb 2008-01-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0379

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 13.45% 8.56% -4.89%
2 2025-11-10 14.00% 13.45% -0.56%
3 2025-03-30 14.00%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0379

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0379

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0379

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
businessobjects crystal_reports_xi r2 cpe:2.3:a:businessobjects:crystal_reports_xi:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0379

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27333 Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019239 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39743 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4931 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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