CVE-2008-2542
NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via Crafted PNM File
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-2542. PoCs published by Alfredo Ortega.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a stack-based buffer overflow in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 by crafting a malicious PPM file. It manipulates internal variables to overwrite a C++ string destructor, allowing control of EIP for arbitrary code execution.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the getline function in Ppm/ppm.C in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file.
Exploits (1)
This exploit targets a stack-based buffer overflow in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 by crafting a malicious PPM file. It manipulates internal variables to overwrite a C++ string destructor, allowing control of EIP for arbitrary code execution.