cve/2008/CVE-2008-3908.md

### [CVE-2008-3908](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3908)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217

#### Github
- https://github.com/f-secure-foundry/advisories