CVE-2008-1438

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 43.71% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30172 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29073 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020016 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14375 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1506/references vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1438?
CVE-2008-1438 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1438?
To fix CVE-2008-1438, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1438 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1438 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~44% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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