Is CVE-2008-5736 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5736 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5736?

CVE-2008-5736 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-5736

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.2% (68th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-5706)
Published: December 26, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5706 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

http://osvdb.org/50936(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33209(Vendor Advisory)
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc(Vendor Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021491(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570(VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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