CVE-2008-1440
N/A
Published: June 12, 2008 at 01:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows Server 2003
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 23%
Description
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, does not properly validate the option length field in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted PGM packet, aka the "PGM Invalid Length Vulnerability."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
sp1sp2
sp2sp3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30587VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020230VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29508Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1783Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MSPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-036VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5473Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1284
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