CVE-2008-4250

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-20. Federal remediation due 2026-06-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

98.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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

2008-10-23 21:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-21 03:55Z5 MO AGO

Reserved

2008-09-25

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

2eea08770432520289b4100ffecd743e19fd0d9f2db37536daeb7cb6c680beb5

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