Is CVE-2008-2149 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2149 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2149?

CVE-2008-2149 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2149?

CVE-2008-2149 has an EPSS score of 4.09% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2149?

Upgrade wordnet on debian 11 to 1:3.0-10 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2149

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordnetDebian

Fixed in:1:3.0-10CVE-2008-2149

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.09%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.gentoo.org

Other references9

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.