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CVE-2008-1206

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1206 describes a format string vulnerability in the log_message function of Linux Kiss Server 1.2, affecting installations where background mode is disabled. This medium-complexity vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into invalid commands. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux_kiss_server:linux_kiss_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0399 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/29219
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41018
securityfocus.com / bid/28099
vashnukad.com
ExploitURL Repurposed
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0785