CVE-2008-0378: Nec Sockscap

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in SocksCap 2.40-051231 and earlier, when "Resolve all names remotely" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long hostname.

Affected products

• Nec Sockscap: up to and including 2.40_051231

Published 2008-01-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.