CVE-2008-4166

Exp

Integer overflow in the JavaScript engine in Avant Browser 11.7 Build 9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by attempting to URL encode a string containing many instances of an invalid character.

Published: 2008-09-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-4166 is rated Exploit Available (56.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.18%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4166

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32381 exploit_db edb 2008-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4166

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 5.63% 2.18% -3.45%
2 2026-02-14 3.51% 5.63% +2.12%
3 2025-11-12 3.51%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4166

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-2008-4166

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4166

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
avantbrowser avant_browser <= 11.7 cpe:2.3:a:avantbrowser:avant_browser:*:build_9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4166

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