CVE-2008-4835
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 44.9% (pctl 99)
Patch early
EPSS 44.9% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
SMB 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 execute arbitrary code via malformed values of unspecified "fields inside the SMB packets" in an NT Trans2 request, related to "insufficiently validating the buffer size," aka "SMB Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 44.93% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2009-01-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500013/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33122
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021560
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-013A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0116
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-002/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-001
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5248
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500013/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33122
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021560
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-013A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0116
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-002/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-001
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5248
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