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CVE-2008-1159

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1159 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities within the SSH server of Cisco IOS 12.4, affecting Cisco IOS, IOS-T, and IOS-XR. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, specifically a device restart, through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.1, it is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ios_s:12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ios_t:12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ios_xr:12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0251 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30322
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42563
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5486
cisco.com / en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a008099567f.shtml
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/29314
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1605/references