CVE-2008-0211 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service on HP Compaq Business Notebooks via unspecified BIOS vectors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-0211?
CVE-2008-0211 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the BIOS F.04 through F.11 for the HP Compaq Business Notebook PC allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0211?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Compaq 2210 Series Bios, Compaq 2510 Series Bios, Compaq 2710 Series Bios, Compaq 6510 Series Bios, Compaq 6515 Series Bios, Compaq 6520 Series Bios and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2008-0211?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0211 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-0211 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0211 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pgfj-6vh7-8ffh.