# CVE-2008-2240: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long Accept-Language header in IBM Lotus Domino.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4g3-m75g-v8cw

## What is CVE-2008-2240?

CVE-2008-2240 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 22 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Web Server service in IBM Lotus Domino before 7.0.3 FP1, and 8.x before 8.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Accept-Language HTTP header.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2240?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Domino.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-2240?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2240 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-2240 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2240 exists.

Public exploit code:

- IBM Lotus Domino Web Server Accept-Language Stack Buffer Overflow (metasploit)
- IBM Lotus Domino Web Server - Accept-Language Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Domino

- [CVE-2011-1519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1519/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0913/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0914/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0915/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0916/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2240 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-2240 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Domino, published on 22 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-2240 exists.

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Domino. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2240/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2240/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2240
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2240
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2240

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