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CVE-2008-1678: openssl Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1678DTSA-131-1
Published 10-07-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1678 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 5.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.48%
0%100%
Low · +0.19 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10623-1RHSA-2009:1075

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple calls, as demonstrated by initial SSL client handshakes to the Apache HTTP Server mod_ssl that specify a compression algorithm.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.19 pp

From 5.29% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.edge.launchpad.net)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (marc.info)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • apache2< 2.2.8-4~lenny1 | < 2.2.8-4
Openssl1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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