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CVE-2008-1438

Published: May 13, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
12.9%
Top 4.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/an/a
antigen for exchangemicrosoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
antigen for smtp gatewaymicrosoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
diagnostics and recovery toolkitmicrosoft
On-prem
Operating Systems / windows
forefront client securitymicrosoft
On-premSecurity Product
Security Products / endpoint-av-edr
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30172
secunia.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29073
securityfocus.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020016
securitytracker.com
and 5 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 13, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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