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
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| microsoft | windows_2000 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2003 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2008 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2008 |
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| microsoft | windows_server_2008 |
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| microsoft | windows_vista |
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| microsoft | windows_vista |
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| microsoft | windows_vista |
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| microsoft | windows_vista |
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| microsoft | windows_xp |
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| microsoft | windows_xp |
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| microsoft | windows_xp |
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| microsoft | windows_xp |
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References
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
Quick Actions
CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9
LOW
4.0 - 6.9
MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9
HIGH
9.0 - 10.0
CRITICAL