CVE-2008-1441
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—
Microsoft Windows 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 hang) via a series of Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets with invalid fragment options, aka the "PGM Malformed Fragment Vulnerability."
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Base score: 5.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 20%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 97
- Score date: 10/7/2026
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 (4)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30587
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29509
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1783
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-036
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5604
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30587
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29509
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1783
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-036
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5604
Raw JSON (NVD)
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