CVE-2008-0887: gnome screensaver

EPSS trend

Probability

1.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.34% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026

EPSS score

1.34%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown

References

29 links

www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00163.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10813VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:132Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-669-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
secunia.com/advisories/29606Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29759Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435773X Refsource CONFIRMExploitREPORT
secunia.com/advisories/30967Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
osvdb.org/35531VDB EntryX Refsource OSVDB
securitytracker.com/id?1019749VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK

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security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-12.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0197.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
secunia.com/advisories/29742Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0218.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
secunia.com/advisories/29595Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00206.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28575VDB EntryX Refsource BID
secunia.com/advisories/32691Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0197Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ARTICLE
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0197.jsonAdvisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0887REPORT
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0887Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0887Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0218Advisory
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ARTICLE
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0218.jsonAdvisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0887Advisory

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CVE-2008-0887: gnome screensaver

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