Is CVE-2008-1441 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1441 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1441?

CVE-2008-1441 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1441

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 19.7%EU EUVD

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a series of Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets with invalid fragment options, aka the "PGM Malformed Fragment Vulnerability."

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 19.7% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1445)
Published: June 12, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1445 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2008
microsoft / windows server 2008
microsoft / windows server 2008
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows vista
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp

Certified products that may be affected

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

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Release 6.1.7600 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0755-2012 - archived
Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-10390-2010 - archived
Windows Server 2008 R2 BitLocker™ Drive Encryption - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1339 - historical
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enhanced Cryptographic Provider (RSAENH) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1337 - historical
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Kernel Mode Cryptographic Primitives Library (cng.sys) - Microsoft Corporation - FIPS 140 1335 - historical

See all 21 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30587(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020231(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29509(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-162B.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1783(Broken Link)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-036
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5604(Third Party Advisory)

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

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