Status: KEV | Advisory ID: CVE-2008-4250
| CVE | CVE-2008-4250 |
| Affected products | Microsoft Windows |
| Exploitation status | Listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, indicating confirmed active exploitation. |
| Classified as | CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')) |
| KEV listing | Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2026-05-20. |
| Exploitation prediction (EPSS) | 99% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (100% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model. |
| Federal remediation deadline | 2026-06-03 (CISA KEV, Binding Operational Directive). |
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.
| Source | Reference |
|---|---|
| NVD | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4250 |