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CVE-2008-0153

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

telnetd.exe in Pragma TelnetServer 7.0.4.589 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash and resource exhaustion) via a crafted TELOPT PRAGMA LOGON telnet option, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Pragma Systems — Pragma Telnetserver

CWEs

References

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