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CVE-2008-0084

63
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0084 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista's TCP/IP support. A remote, malicious DHCP server can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted DHCP packet, leading to a denial of service (system hang and restart) on the affected Windows Vista machine. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) and an EPSS score indicating a higher-than-average exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
73.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7360 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-004
secunia.com / advisories/28828
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5240
securityfocus.com / bid/27634
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0506/references