9.3

CVE-2008-2476: freebsd Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
Published 03-10-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2476 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in freebsd. EPSS estimates a 7.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.42%
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. 03-10-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) implementation in (1) FreeBSD 6.3 through 7.1, (2) OpenBSD 4.2 and 4.3, (3) NetBSD, (4) Force10 FTOS before E7.7.1.1, (5) Juniper JUNOS, and (6) Wind River VxWorks 5.x through 6.4 does not validate the origin of Neighbor Discovery messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of connectivity) or read private network traffic via a spoofed message that modifies the Forward Information Base (FIB).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

7.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
7.42%

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

Freebsd1 product
Openbsd1 product
Windriver1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

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