CVE-2008-4420

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in DZIP32.DLL before 5.0.0.8 in DynaZip Max and DZIPS32.DLL before 6.0.0.5 in DynaZip Max Secure; as used in HP OpenView Performance Agent C.04.60, HP Performance Agent C.04.70 and C.04.72, TurboZIP 6.0, and other products; allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a ZIP archive during a (1) Fix (aka Repair), (2) Add, (3) Update, or (4) Freshen action, a related issue to CVE-2006-3985.

Published: 2009-04-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4420 is rated High Exploit Risk (85/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.66%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-4420

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4420

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 5.03% 5.66% +0.64%
2 2026-06-03 6.53% 5.03% -1.51%
3 2025-03-30 — 6.53% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4420

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-2008-4420

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4420

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp openview_performance_agent c.04.60 cpe:2.3:a:hp:openview_performance_agent:c.04.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp openview_performance_agent c.04.70 cpe:2.3:a:hp:openview_performance_agent:c.04.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp openview_performance_agent c.04.72 cpe:2.3:a:hp:openview_performance_agent:c.04.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
innermedia dynazip_max <= 5.0.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:innermedia:dynazip_max:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
innermedia dynazip_max_secure <= 6.0.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:innermedia:dynazip_max_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
filestream turbozip 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:filestream:turbozip:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4420

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