CVE-2008-3971

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

5.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 92.3% 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

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2008-09-10 15:00Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bd0d64a69f55034d2a8820ee29e1420806e8711f431e43fe38592d5794b99fd1

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080906 CVE id requests: gmanedithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/06/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=497835x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE id requests: gmanedithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/19mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgmanedit-glocaletoutf8-bo(44963)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44963vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgmanedit-readconffromfile-bo(44962)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44962vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080909 Re: CVE id requests: gmanedithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com31040http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31040vdb-entryx_refsource_BID