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CVE-2008-1672

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1672 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting OpenSSL versions 0.9.8f and 0.9.8g, including those used in Canonical Ubuntu Linux. A remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and crash the server by initiating a TLS handshake that omits the Server Key Exchange message while using specific cipher suites. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.8fCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.8gCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:0.9.8g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0500 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1672Low

openssl: Omit Server Key Exchange message crash

May 28, 2008

References

cert.fi / haavoittuvuudet/2008/advisory-openssl.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30405
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30460
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30825
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30852
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30868
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31228
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31288
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200806-08.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42667
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Third Party Advisory
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg01029.html
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/520586
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openssl.org / news/secadv_20080528.txt
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/492932/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/29405
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-620-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1680
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1937/references
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory