CVE-2008-4250
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 99% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-94, CWE-119
Affected products
microsoft: windows 2000; microsoft: windows server 2003; microsoft: windows server 2008; microsoft: windows vista; microsoft: windows xp
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32326 PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32326 PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-0… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874 Broken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31874 Broken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6824 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6841 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry