CVE-2008-2214

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2008-2214 · Published 14/05/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2214 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting snmpc (castle rock).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.8%, higher than 95.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
snmpc castle_rock	`≤ 7.1`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Network Manager in Castle Rock Computing SNMPc 7.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long community string in an SNMP TRAP packet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/30036 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/3886
ngssoftware.com/advisories/critical-vulnerability-in-snmpc · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/491454/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/28990
securitytracker.com/id
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1403/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42104

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