CVE-2008-2078

Robocode before 1.6.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to "access the internals of the Robocode game" via unspecified vectors related to the AWT Event Queue.

Published: 2008-05-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2078 is rated Moderate Risk (54.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2078

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 0.58% 1.36% +0.77%
2 2025-03-17 0.87% 0.58% -0.28%
3 2025-03-09 — 0.87% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2078

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-2008-2078

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2078

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-2078 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (robocode), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2078

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2078

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
robocode robocode <= 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:robocode:robocode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
robocode robocode 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:robocode:robocode:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
robocode robocode 1.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:robocode:robocode:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2078

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