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CVE-2008-1438: microsoft diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 13-05-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1438 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in microsoft diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit. EPSS estimates a 12.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
12.94%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-05-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (disk space exhaustion) via a file with "crafted data structures" that trigger the creation of large temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1437.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

12.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 12.94% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
12.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Microsoft2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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