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CVE-2008-1658
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.68%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 47% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.
Timeline
ID reserved
By canonical
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.68% · top 47% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- policykit-granthelper-format-string(41877) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28702 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2987 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1254 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29755 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1659 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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