CVE-2008-3864
The ApiThread function in the firewall service (aka TmPfw.exe) in Trend Micro Network Security Component (NSC) modules, as used in Trend…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The ApiThread function in the firewall service (aka TmPfw.exe) in Trend Micro Network Security Component (NSC) modules, as used in Trend Micro OfficeScan 8.0 SP1 Patch 1 and Internet Security 2007 and 2008 17.0.1224, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a packet with a large value in an unspecified size field.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 5 months later
· 5 months 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 1021615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-42/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/documentation/readme/OSCE8.0_SP1_Patch1_CriticalPatch_3191_Readme.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- tmpfw-apithread-dos(48106) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20090120 Secunia Research: Trend Micro Network Security Component Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 33609 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4937 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31160 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021614 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2008-3850 (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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