Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 3, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-3897

Description

DiskCryptor 0.2.6 on Windows stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Affected products

Freed0m/Disckcryptor
cpe:2.3:a:freed0m:disckcryptor:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DiskCryptor/DiskCryptorllm-fuzzy
Range: 0.2.6

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

securityreason.com/securityalert/4212nvd
www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.htmlnvd
www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdfnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495725/100/0/threadednvd

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