CVE-2008-1138

Exp

DLMFENC.sys 1.0.0.26 in DESlock+ 3.2.6 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain ZERO_MEM DLMFENC_IOCTL request to \\.\DLKPFSD_Device, aka the "ring0 link list zero" vulnerability.

Published: 2008-03-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1138 is rated Exploit Available (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.45%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-1138

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5142 exploit_db edb 2008-02-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1138

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 2025-11-25 0.49% 0.45% -0.04%
2 2025-06-22 0.15% 0.49% +0.34%
3 2025-04-24 0.15%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1138

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1138

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1138

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
deslock deslock <= 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:deslock:deslock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1138

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