CVE-2008-1456

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Array index vulnerability in the Event System in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted event subscription request that is used to access an array of function pointers.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows-Nt: 2008, vista, xp-sp3
Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30586
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2353
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5630
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31417
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30586
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020677

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