Is CVE-2008-0888 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-0888 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-0888?

CVE-2008-0888 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-0888

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 6.3% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-0895)
Published: March 17, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Analyzed

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0895 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 26, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / mac os x
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
unzip project / unzip

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29392(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29406(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29415(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29427(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29432(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29440(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29495(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29681(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31204(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116(Broken Link)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068(Not Applicable)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288(Broken Link)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634(Broken Link)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246(Third Party Advisory)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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