Known vulnerability record
CVE-2008-4250
Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary
Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows Server Service that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers an overflow during path canonicalization.
Signals
Keep the signals separate
CVSS severitycriticalScore 9.8 · source CISA-ADP
EPSS probability98.8%Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; not severity
CISA KEVKnown exploitedAdded 2026-05-20
Ransomware useunknownPreserved as known / unknown, not a truthy default
Timeline
Dates and provenance
- CVE published
- 2008-10-23
- CVE modified
- 2026-05-21
- KEV date added
- 2026-05-20
- Dataset fetched
- 2026-08-21T03:55:04.661Z
Sources
Original records
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4250 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4250 ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2008-4250 ↗
Version history: normalized permanent page created 2026-08-20. Machine-enriched fields remain source-attributed.