Is CVE-2008-0948 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-0948 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-0948?

CVE-2008-0948 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-0948?

CVE-2008-0948 has an EPSS score of 7.27% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0948?

Upgrade krb5 on debian 11 to 1.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-0948

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the RPC library (lib/rpc/rpc_dtablesize.c) used by libgssrpc and kadmind in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2, and probably other versions before 1.3, when running on systems whose unistd.h does not define the FD_SETSIZE macro, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering a large number of open file descriptors.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

krb5Debian

Fixed in:1.3-1CVE-2008-0948

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

7.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.