CVE-2008-1619

Exp

The ssm_i emulation in Xen 5.1 on IA64 architectures allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dom0 panic) via certain traffic, as demonstrated using an FTP stress test tool.

Published: 2008-04-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1619 is rated Exploit Available (55.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.63%). 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-2008-1619

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-1619

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 0.76% 0.63% -0.13%
2 2025-03-29 0.62% 0.76% +0.14%
3 2025-03-14 0.62%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-1619

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-1619

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-1619

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1619

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-1619

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xensource_inc xen 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:xensource_inc:xen:5.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-1619

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