CVE-2008-7009 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-7009?

CVE-2008-7009 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in multiscan.exe in Check Point ZoneAlarm Security Suite 7.0.483.000 and 8.0.020.000 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a file or directory with a long path. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7009?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Checkpoint Zonealarm.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7009?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-7009 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7009 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2022-41604 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2022-23743 Privilege escalation in ZoneAlarm. High 7.8
• CVE-2020-6023 Privilege escalation in Check Point ZoneAlarm High 7.8
• CVE-2018-8790 Privilege escalation in ZoneAlarm High 7.8
• CVE-2005-2932 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c2fw-x5gx-3qxr.