4.6

CVE-2008-1658: freedesktop policykit

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1658
Published 11-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1658 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in freedesktop policykit. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.68%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.68% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

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

Debian1 product
  • policykit-1< 0.8-1
Freedesktop1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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