CVE-2008-5383

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in National Instruments Electronics Workbench allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ewb file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 9, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5383: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix