CVE-2008-3636
Integer overflow in the IopfCompleteRequest API in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista allows…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Integer overflow in the IopfCompleteRequest API in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for GEARAspiWDM.sys 2.0.7.5 in Gear Software CD DVD Filter driver before 4.001.7, as used in other products including Apple iTunes and multiple Symantec and Norton products, which allows local users to gain privileges via repeated IoAttachDevice IOCTL calls to \\.\GEARAspiWDMDevice in this GEARAspiWDM.sys. However, the root cause is the integer overflow in the API call itself.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 29 days later
· 29 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- 1020999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-09-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.07a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1020839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.gearsoftware.com/support/GEARAspi%20Security%20Information.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3025 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1020997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2769 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- VU#146896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.wintercore.com/advisories/advisory_W021008.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 31089 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20081007 [W02-1008] GearSoftware Powered Products Local Privilege Escalation (Microsoft Windows Kernel IopfCompleteRequest Integer Overflow) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2008.10.07a.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2008-3622 (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-2008-3636)Record last updated .