Is CVE-2008-3908 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-3908 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-3908?

CVE-2008-3908 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-3908?

CVE-2008-3908 has an EPSS score of 4.43% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3908?

Upgrade wordnet on debian 11 to 1:3.0-12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-3908

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

wordnetDebian

Fixed in:1:3.0-12CVE-2008-3908

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

4.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

securityfocus.com

Other references11

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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.