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CVE-2008-3214

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3214 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in dnsmasq version 2.25, allowing remote attackers to crash the daemon by renewing a nonexistent lease or sending a DHCPREQUEST for an out-of-network IP address. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0253 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3214

CVE-2008-3214

References

freshmeat.net / projects/dnsmasq
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43929
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3
Exploit
thekelleys.org.uk / dnsmasq/CHANGELOG