CVE-2008-1658
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 51.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-11 10:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-02
- Assigning CNA
- canonical
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 36225284763649c7c84f5833f546393ce74602b5904d4fa0c1bf06bafe373833
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:087http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
- gitweb.freedesktop.orghttp://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttp://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compolicykit-granthelper-format-string(41877)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
- www.securityfocus.com28702http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2987https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1254http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
- secunia.com29755http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- policykit-1 Fixed in 0.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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