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CVE-2008-1438

N/A

Published: May 13, 2008 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC

9 products affected across 1 vendorMalware Protection EngineWindows DefenderForefront Client Security

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 13%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Antigen for Exchange · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Antigen for Smtp Gateway · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit · Microsoft

95%

Forefront Client Security · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Forefront Security for Exchange Server · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Forefront Security for SharePoint · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Malware Protection Engine · Microsoft

95%

0.1.13.192 1.1.3520.0

Windows Defender · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Windows Live Onecare · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HP

Source: [email protected]

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/30172

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29073

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020016

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1506/references

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029

VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL

Source: [email protected]

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14375

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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