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CVE-2008-0852

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 6.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-02-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-0852
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
6.23%

Original NVD Description

freeSSHd 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS packet to TCP port 22, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.