{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3908","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:26.274925819Z","published":"2008-09-04T17:41:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-3908"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3908"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wordnet","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wordnet?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.0-12"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3908.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wordnet","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wordnet?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.0-12"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3908.json"}},{"package":{"name":"wordnet","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/wordnet?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:3.0-12"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"medium"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3908.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}