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CVE-2008-4114 EXPLOIT

7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 49.3% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

srv.sys in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an SMB WRITE_ANDX packet with an offset that is inconsistent with the packet size, related to "insufficiently validating the buffer size," as demonstrated by a request to the \PIPE\lsarpc named pipe, aka "SMB Validation Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Scoring

CVSS7.1 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS49.28% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-399
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2008-09-16
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (5)

VendorProduct
microsoftwindows 2000
microsoftwindows server 2003
microsoftwindows server 2008
microsoftwindows vista
microsoftwindows xp

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbMicrosoft Windows - 'WRITE_ANDX' SMB Command Handling Kernel Denial of Service (Metasploit)2008-09-15

References

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