# CVE-2008-5731: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a memory corruption flaw in the PGP Desktop driver to crash the system or potentially escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hg7x-qv4j-5cmg

## What is CVE-2008-5731?

CVE-2008-5731 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The PGPwded device driver (aka PGPwded.sys) in PGP Corporation PGP Desktop 9.0.6 build 6060 and 9.9.0 build 397 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a certain METHOD_BUFFERED IOCTL request that overwrites portions of memory, related to a "Driver Collapse." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5731?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pgp Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-5731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-5731 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5731 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PGP Desktop 9.0.6 - 'PGPwded.sys' Local Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2010-3397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3397/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-0681](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0681/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2005-4151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4151/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5731 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-5731 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5731 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2008-5731/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5731/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5731
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5731
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5731

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5731/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.