CVE-2008-3214
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3204)
- Published
- July 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3204 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- thekelleys / dnsmasq
References
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3(Exploit)
- http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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