CVE-2008-2423

Unspecified vulnerability in Interchange before 5.6.0 and before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted HTTP requests. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2007-2635.

Published: 2008-05-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2423 is rated High Risk (71.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.97%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2423

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 3.68% 3.97% +0.29%
2 2025-03-30 4.53% 3.68% -0.85%
3 2025-03-29 4.53%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2423

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-2008-2423

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2423

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-2423 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (interchange), 8 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2423

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2423

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 4.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:4.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
interchange_development_group interchange 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:interchange_development_group:interchange:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2423

cvelogic Threat Intelligence