CVE-2008-2149: Wordnet

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the searchwn function in Wordnet 2.0, 2.1, and 3.0 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option. NOTE: this issue probably does not cross privilege boundaries except in cases in which Wordnet is used as a back end.

Affected products

• Wordnet Wordnet: version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 3.0 only

Published 2008-05-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.