CVE-2008-2693

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the BITIFF.BITiffCtrl.1 ActiveX control in BITiff.ocx 10.9.3.0 in Black Ice Barcode SDK 5.01 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long first argument to the SetByteOrder method.

Published: 2008-06-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2693 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.09%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-2693

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5747 exploit_db edb 2008-06-05 Exploit-DB ↗
5746 exploit_db edb 2008-06-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2693

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 11.66% 10.09% -1.57%
2 2026-04-02 12.16% 11.66% -0.50%
3 2025-08-03 12.16%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2693

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-2008-2693

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2693

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
black_ice barcode_sdk 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:black_ice:barcode_sdk:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2693

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