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CVE-2008-3350

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3350 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in dnsmasq version 2.43. Remote attackers can crash the daemon by sending a DHCPINFORM request without a valid DHCP lease or by attempting to renew a nonexistent lease from an "unknown client" on an invalid subnet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.43CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:the_kelleys:dnsmasq:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0169 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2008-3350

CVE-2008-3350

References

article.gmane.org / gmane.network.dns.dnsmasq.general/2189
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/31197
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43957
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43960
thekelleys.org.uk / dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2166