Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4835
CVE-2008-4835
Description
SMB in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed values of unspecified "fields inside the SMB packets" in an NT Trans2 request, related to "insufficiently validating the buffer size," aka "SMB Validation Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
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Affected products
16- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp1:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x32:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:pro_x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
8- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-013A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500013/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33122nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0116nvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-002/nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-001nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5248nvd
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