Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a sequence of "Get NCP Extension Information By Name" requests that cause one thread to operate on memory after it has been freed in another thread, which triggers memory corruption, aka Novell Bug 373852
Published Nov 12, 2008
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.21%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) feature in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP10 before 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1 and 8.8 SP2 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a sequence of "Get NCP Extension Information By Name" requests that cause one thread to operate on memory after it has been freed in another thread, which triggers memory corruption, aka Novell Bug 373852.
Affected products
No data.
- < 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.7.3
- 8.8
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.21% (0.06206) | 93.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.21% (0.06206) | 92.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 20.45% (0.20445) | 95.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 31, 2025 | 19.10% (0.19097) | 95.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 23.94% (0.23936) | 95.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.10% (0.19097) | 94.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.84% (0.28842) | 94.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 19.10% (0.19097) | 94.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.00% (0.14997) | 94.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 29.98% (0.29985) | 96.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 18, 2024 | 24.32% (0.24322) | 96.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 22.97% (0.22968) | 96.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 26, 2023 | 22.21% (0.22206) | 95.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 25.76% (0.25757) | 95.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=748 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/48206 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatch
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31956 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021117 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2937 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46138 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.