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CVE-2008-0085

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0085 is a memory initialization vulnerability affecting various versions of Microsoft SQL Server, MSDE, and Internal Database (WYukon). Database operators can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to sensitive database contents due to memory pages not being properly cleared upon reallocation. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it represents a medium severity risk with low attack complexity, allowing for information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:data_engine:1.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:7.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2000:sp4:*:*:*:*:itanium:*
2005CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2005:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1068 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-040
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30970
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14213
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-190A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
vmware.com / support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2022/references
Broken Link