CVE-2008-3844 (GCVE-0-2008-3844)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
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Summary
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Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2278 records in the last 180 days details
References
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Date Public
2008-08-22 00:00
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