pan: heap overflow caused by large *.nzb files
Published Jun 2, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.85%
Description
The PartsBatch class in Pan 0.132 and earlier does not properly manage the data structures for Parts batches, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .nzb file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.132
- 0.105
- 0.106
- 0.107
- 0.108
- 0.109
- 0.110
- 0.111
- 0.112
- 0.113
- 0.114
- 0.115
- 0.116
- 0.117
- 0.118
- 0.119
- 0.120
- 0.121
- 0.122
- 0.123
- 0.124
- 0.125
- 0.126
- 0.127
- 0.128
- 0.129
- 0.130
- 0.131
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of pan as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. No other versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux have shipped Pan.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05849) | 92.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.85% (0.05849) | 92.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 5.87% (0.05870) | 90.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 28, 2025 | 7.60% (0.07602) | 91.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.80% (0.09798) | 92.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.27% (0.13269) | 90.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.80% (0.09798) | 92.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.22% (0.04221) | 92.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.08% (0.04076) | 90.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224051 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=535413 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121207185600564&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31315 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29421 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2363 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446902 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42750 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2363
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2363
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