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CVE-2008-1278 (GCVE-0-2008-1278)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-10 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:17
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Summary
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-03-10 00:00
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