Is CVE-2008-4971 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-4971 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-4971?

CVE-2008-4971 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-4971?

CVE-2008-4971 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4971?

Upgrade mafft on debian 11 to 6.240-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-4971

MEDIUM

6.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.

CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

mafftDebian

Fixed in:6.240-2CVE-2008-4971

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

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

dev.gentoo.org

Other references7

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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.