CVE-2008-4250

CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
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."

Affected Products
18
Vendor Product Version
microsoft windows_2000 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_server_2003 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_server_2008 -
microsoft windows_vista -
microsoft windows_vista -
microsoft windows_vista -
microsoft windows_vista -
microsoft windows_xp -
microsoft windows_xp -
microsoft windows_xp -
microsoft windows_xp -
Weakness Types
CWE-94 CWE-119
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2008-4250
Published:
2008-10-23
Modified:
2026-05-21
CVSS Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Vendors
microsoft
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL