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CVE-2008-1440

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1440 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003, where specially crafted Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets can cause a system hang due to improper validation of the option length field. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity with network-based attacks requiring medium complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100 and a notable EPSS percentile, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
22.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2259 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-036
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30587
Broken LinkPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5473
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/29508
Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1783
Broken Link