What is CVE-2008-6444?

CVE-2008-6444 is a vulnerability in Baidu Hi, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-03-09.

Is CVE-2008-6444 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Baidu Hi

CVE-2008-6444

Stack-based buffer overflow in CSTransfer.dll in Baidu Hi IM might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, probably related to an improper length value.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2009-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.070 (93.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Baidu Hi

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496322/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31162 (vdb-entry)
osvdb.org/51696 (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45117 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-6444?: CVE-2008-6444 is a vulnerability in Baidu Hi, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-03-09.
Is CVE-2008-6444 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.