CVE-2008-3479
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 44.5%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service (mqsvc.exe) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 allows remote attackers to read memory contents and execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC call, related to improper processing of parameters to string APIs, aka "Message Queuing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 44.5% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3465)
- Published
- October 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3465 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows 2000
References
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-08-07(Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32260(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31637(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021052
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2816
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-065
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45537
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45538
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5998
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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