CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2008-4250
Critical (9.8) in Microsoft Windows. In CISA KEV since 2026-05-20. EPSS 99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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."
Severity
- EPSS
- 99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2026-05-20, due 2026-06-03
- CWEs
- CWE-94, CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_2000
- microsoft:windows_server_2003
- microsoft:windows_server_2008
- microsoft:windows_vista
- microsoft:windows_xp