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Vulnerability details: VCID-ny7u-m7rb-kkh3
Vulnerability ID VCID-ny7u-m7rb-kkh3
Aliases CVE-2008-3214
Summary dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
epss 0.00242 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
cvssv2 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3214
Reference id Reference type URL
http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-3214.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3214
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3214
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:2.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-3214 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3214
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3214
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.47389
EPSS Score 0.00242
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:01:17.882425+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-3214.json 38.0.0