CVE-2008-1440

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/06/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, does not properly validate the option length field in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted PGM packet, aka the "PGM Invalid Length Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.10

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp1::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp1::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp3::::::*

CVE-2008-1440

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools