{"cve":"CVE-2008-1658","nvd":{"published":"2008-04-11T10:05:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:52:11.380","status":"Modified","description":"Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-134"],"references":["http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295","http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7","http://secunia.com/advisories/29755","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702"],"products":["freedesktop:policykit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1658","score":0.00677,"percentile":0.52315,"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."]}