CVE-2008-1611

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in TFTP Server SP 1.4 for Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a read or write request.

Published: 2008-04-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1611 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.43%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2008-1611

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18759 exploit_db edb 2012-04-20 Exploit-DB ↗
18345 exploit_db edb 2012-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
5314 exploit_db edb 2008-03-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1611

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 2025-03-30 81.25% 82.43% +1.18%
2 2025-03-29 82.43% 81.25% -1.18%
3 2025-03-28 82.43%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1611

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1611

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2008-1611

Comment: Information regarding how the service runs as system: http://www.tftp-server.com/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1611

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tftp-server winagents_tftp_server sp_1.4 cpe:2.3:a:tftp-server:winagents_tftp_server:sp_1.4:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1611

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