Is CVE-2008-2958 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-2958 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-2958?

CVE-2008-2958 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-2958?

CVE-2008-2958 has an EPSS score of 0.28% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2958?

Upgrade checkinstall on debian 11 to 1.6.1-7 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-2958

MEDIUM

4.4

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Race condition in (1) checkinstall 1.6.1 and (2) installwatch allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and have other impacts via symlink and possibly other attacks on temporary working directories.

CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

checkinstallDebian

Fixed in:1.6.1-7CVE-2008-2958

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

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

lists.alioth.debian.org

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-362 (Race Condition) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-36884	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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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.