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CVE-2008-3169

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3169 describes multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Empire Server versions prior to 4.3.15, stemming from a "coordinate normalization bug." This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0476 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

freshmeat.net / projects/empserver
secunia.com / advisories/30954
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43655
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
securityfocus.com / bid/30152