CVE-2008-3798

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Severity7.8High · CVSS 2.0

Exploitation probability3.16 %higher than 88% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Cisco IOS 12.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) via a normal, properly formed SSL packet that occurs during termination of an SSL session.

CVSS

Base score: 7.8
Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.16 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 88
Score date: 10/22/2026

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 (1)

Cisco — IOS

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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