CVE-2008-0973

Buffer overflow in Double-Take (aka HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring) 4.5.0.1629, and other 4.5.0.x versions, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a packet with a long string in the username field.

Published: 2008-02-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0973 is rated Moderate Risk (56.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.86%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0973

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 2026-06-15 2.01% 1.86% -0.14%
2 2025-04-26 1.50% 2.01% +0.51%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.50% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0973

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0973

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-0973

  • Double-Take (2009-05-08T00:00:00)

    This issue was fixed in version 5.1 which was released July 11, 2008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0973

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
double-take_software double-take 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:double-take_software:double-take:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
double-take_software double-take 5.0.0.2865 cpe:2.3:a:double-take_software:double-take:5.0.0.2865:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0973

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