Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-1438
CVE-2008-1438
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (disk space exhaustion) via a file with "crafted data structures" that trigger the creation of large temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1437.
Affected products
10- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_exchange:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:antigen_for_smtp_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:diagnostics_and_recovery_toolkit:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_exchange_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:forefront_security_for_sharepoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:0.1.13.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:0.1.13.192:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:1.1.3520.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_onecare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- secunia.com/advisories/30172nvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29073nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1506/referencesnvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14375nvd
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