{"cve":"CVE-2008-0008","nvd":{"published":"2008-01-29T00:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:48:45.060","status":"Modified","description":"The pa_drop_root function in PulseAudio 0.9.8, and a certain 0.9.9 build, does not check return values from (1) setresuid, (2) setreuid, (3) setuid, and (4) seteuid calls when attempting to drop privileges, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing those calls to fail via attacks such as resource exhaustion.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207214","http://pulseaudio.org/changeset/2100","http://secunia.com/advisories/28608","http://secunia.com/advisories/28623","http://secunia.com/advisories/28738"],"products":["pulseaudio:pulseaudio"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0008","score":0.00556,"percentile":0.46403,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}