VDB
CVE-2008-1658
CVE-2008-1658
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.
EPSS 0.68% · 51.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.599999904632568
EPSS Score
0.68%
51.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | policykit | 0, 0.6 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
Timeline
- Apr 11, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- MDVSA-2008:087 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295 url
- 28702 vdb
- FEDORA-2008-2987 vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037 url
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7 url
- policykit-granthelper-format-string(41877) vdb
- ADV-2008-1254 vdb
- 29755 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1658 advisory
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7 url