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Vulnerability details: VCID-5rad-s8rj-17fj
Vulnerability ID VCID-5rad-s8rj-17fj
Aliases CVE-2008-1678
Summary Memory leak in the zlib_stateful_init function in crypto/comp/c_zlib.c in libssl in OpenSSL 0.9.8f through 0.9.8h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via multiple calls, as demonstrated by initial SSL client handshakes to the Apache HTTP Server mod_ssl that specify a compression algorithm.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.1
Risk 0.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
System Score Found at
epss 0.08958 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1678
epss 0.08958 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1678
epss 0.09814 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1678
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-1678.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-1678
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1678
447268 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447268
GLSA-200807-06 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200807-06
RHSA-2009:1075 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1075
USN-731-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/731-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92746
EPSS Score 0.08958
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:27:42.604893+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0