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CVE-2008-3812

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3812 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco IOS 12.4 when the Application Inspection Control (AIC) with HTTP Deep Packet Inspection is enabled. Remote attackers can trigger a device reload by sending a specially crafted HTTP transit packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. 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
12.4tCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4t:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4xeCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4xjCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4xj:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4xkCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4xk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.4xvCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.4xv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0278 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/31990
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5302
Third Party Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
Vendor Advisory
cisco.com / en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080a01545.shtml
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/31354
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2670
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