Is CVE-2008-1658 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-1658 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-1658?

CVE-2008-1658 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-1658?

CVE-2008-1658 has an EPSS score of 0.68% (48th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1658?

Upgrade policykit-1 on debian 11 to 0.8-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-1658

MEDIUM

4.6

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

policykit-1Debian

Fixed in:0.8-1CVE-2008-1658

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

0.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days

48thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 48% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

securityfocus.com

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references7

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-13160	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22374	High	8.5	73%	-	-
CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
CVE-2012-3569	High	9.3	48%	-	-
CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

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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.