CVE-2008-1438 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via disk space exhaustion by submitting crafted files to the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-1438?
CVE-2008-1438 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 May 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (disk space exhaustion) via a file with "crafted data structures" that trigger the creation of large temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1437.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1438?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Microsoft Antigen for Exchange, Microsoft Antigen for Smtp Gateway, Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit, Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Microsoft Forefront Security for Sharepoint and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1438?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1438 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-2008-1438 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1438 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2f8-fjc5-vrwh.