CVE-2008-4077

The CGI scripts in (1) LedgerSMB (LSMB) before 1.2.15 and (2) SQL-Ledger 2.8.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

Published: 2008-09-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4077 is rated Moderate Risk (61.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4077

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 2.32% 2.83% +0.51%
2 2026-06-11 1.45% 2.32% +0.88%
3 2026-01-22 — 1.45% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4077

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4077

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4077

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-4077 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sql-ledger), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4077
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-4077 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sql-ledger), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4077

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4077

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ledgersmb ledgersmb < 1.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:ledgersmb:ledgersmb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sql-ledger sql-ledger <= 2.8.17 cpe:2.3:a:sql-ledger:sql-ledger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4077

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31843 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4250 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ledgersmb.org/node/70 Release Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496181/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31109 Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45033 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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