CVE-2008-7225 — Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Remote Access Server (aka WAC Server) 2.0 Build 3503 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SSH packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0151

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Remote Access Server (aka WAC Server) 2.0 Build 3503 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SSH packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0151

Published Sep 14, 2009

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 5.46%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Foxit Remote Access Server (aka WAC Server) 2.0 Build 3503 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SSH packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0151.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.46% 0.05464

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05464

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.46% (0.05464)	92.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.46% (0.05464)	91.70th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 18, 2025	2.19% (0.02190)	83.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.49% (0.00494)	63.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.55% (0.01546)	87.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 18, 2023	1.89% (0.01893)	87.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 17, 2023	2.24% (0.02244)	88.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.52% (0.02516)	88.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.29% (0.04291)	87.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.29% (0.04291)	86.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.29% (0.04291)	70.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (3)

http://aluigi.org/adv/wachof-adv.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488366/100/200/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27873
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://aluigi.org/adv/wachof-adv.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488366/100/200/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27873		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 14, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 14, 2009

Link CVE-2008-7225

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7225

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-7225