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CVE-2008-5284

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 4.44%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-11-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-5284
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
4.44%

Original NVD Description

The web server in IEA Software RadiusNT and RadiusX 5.1.38 and other versions before 5.1.44, Emerald 5.0.49 and other versions before 5.0.52, Air Marshal 2.0.4 and other versions before 2.0.8, and Radius test client (aka Radlogin) 4.0.20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP Content-Length header with a negative value, which triggers a single byte overwrite of memory using a NULL terminator. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.