Is CVE-2008-1447 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1447 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1447?

CVE-2008-1447 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1447

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 95.2%EU EUVD

The DNS protocol, as implemented in (1) BIND 8 and 9 before 9.5.0-P1, 9.4.2-P1, and 9.3.5-P1; (2) Microsoft DNS in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and other implementations allow remote attackers to spoof DNS traffic via a birthday attack that uses in-bailiwick referrals to conduct cache poisoning against recursive resolvers, related to insufficient randomness of DNS transaction IDs and source ports, aka "DNS Insufficient Socket Entropy Vulnerability" or "the Kaminsky bug."

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-331
EPSS score: 95.2% (100th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1451)
Published: July 8, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1451 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
cisco / ios
debian / debian linux
isc / bind
isc / bind
isc / bind
microsoft / windows 2000
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 2003
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 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows server 2003
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp
microsoft / windows xp
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-009.txt.asc(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
http://blog.invisibledenizen.org/2008/07/kaminskys-dns-issue-accidentally-leaked.html(Technical Description)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494401(Third Party Advisory)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01523520(Broken Link)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01662368(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121630706004256&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121866517322103&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123324863916385&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141879471518471&w=2(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0533.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30925(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30973(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30977(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30979(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30980(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30988(Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30989(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30998(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31011(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31012(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31014(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31019(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31022(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31030(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31031(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31033(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31052(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31065(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31072(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31093(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31094(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31137(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31143(Third Party Advisory)

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

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