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CVE-2008-1931
Realtek HD Audio Codec Drivers RTKVHDA.sys and RTKVHDA64.sys before 6.0.1.5605 on Windows Vista allow local users to create, write, and…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Realtek HD Audio Codec Drivers RTKVHDA.sys and RTKVHDA64.sys before 6.0.1.5605 on Windows Vista allow local users to create, write, and read registry keys via a crafted IOCTL request.
Timeline
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By mitre
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 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% 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 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 29953 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080423 [W01-0408] Realtek HD Audio Codec Drivers (Vista) - Local Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- realtek-ioctl-privilege-escalation(41976) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.wintercore.com/advisories/advisory_W010408.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 28909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2008-1931 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-1931)Record last updated .