CVE-2008-0536

Unspecified vulnerability in the SSH server in (1) Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.0, and (2) Icon Labs Iconfidant SSH before 2.3.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (management interface outage) via SSH traffic that occurs during management operations and triggers "illegal I/O operations," aka Bug ID CSCsh49563.

Published: 2008-05-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-0536 is rated Moderate Risk (60.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.67%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0536

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-29 3.50% 2.67% -0.83%
2 2025-03-30 5.03% 3.50% -1.53%
3 2025-03-29 5.03%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0536

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0536

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0536

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco service_control_engine <= 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:service_control_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco service_control_engine 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:service_control_engine:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icon-labs iconfidant_ssh <= 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:icon-labs:iconfidant_ssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0536

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