Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CRITICAL 9.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2008-4250 · Published 23/10/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 20/05/2026. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Windows Microsoft	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

The Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, Server 2008, and 7 Pre-Beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request that triggers the overflow during path canonicalization, as exploited in the wild by Gimmiv.A in October 2008, aka "Server Service Vulnerability."

References

blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150 · Permissions Required
marc.info · Issue Tracking
secunia.com/advisories/32326 · Patch
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/827267 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/497808/100/0/threaded · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/archive/1/497816/100/0/threaded · Broken Link
securityfocus.com/bid/31874 · Broken Link
securitytracker.com/id · Broken Link
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-297A.html · Broken Link
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2902 · Vendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-067 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46040 · Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6093 · Broken Link
exploit-db.com/exploits/6824 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/6841 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/7104 · Exploit
exploit-db.com/exploits/7132 · Exploit
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2008-4250

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