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CVE-2008-3798

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3798 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cisco IOS 12.4, where a remote attacker can crash a device by sending a normal SSL packet during session termination. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, leading to a complete loss of availability. Despite its age, there is no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4mrCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4mr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0316 is in the 76th 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

secunia.com / advisories/31990
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6087
Third Party Advisory
cisco.com / en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a0146c.shtml
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2670
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