# CVE-2008-1441: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a system hang in Windows via malformed PGM packets, requiring OS patches to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cf3c-47qx-3293

## What is CVE-2008-1441?

CVE-2008-1441 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 12 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a series of Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets with invalid fragment options, aka the "PGM Malformed Fragment Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1441?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-1441?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-1441 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003

- [CVE-2011-2005](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2005/): Microsoft Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys) Improper Input Validation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-3863](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3863/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2013-3181](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3181/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2013-0077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0077/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-0009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0009/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1441 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-1441 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 12 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1441 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Windows Server 2003. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1441/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1441/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1441
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1441
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1441

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