CVE-2008-4036
Integer overflow in Memory Manager in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers an erroneous decrement of a variable, related to validation of parameters for Virtual Address Descriptors (VADs) and a "memory allocation mapping error," aka "Virtual Address Descriptor Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.4 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (74th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4021)
- 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-2008-4021 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 15, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 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 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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32251(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31675(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021051
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2815
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-064
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45571
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45572
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5343
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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