Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-3174

Title: Computer Associates Internet Security Suite Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-3174.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 12, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-3174: Unspecified vulnerability in the kmxfw.sys driver in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) r8, as used in CA Internet Security Suite and Personal Firewall, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, related to "insufficient validation."

Impacted Vendors

mcafee 1

online_armor 1

ca 1

computer_associates 3

tallemu 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/31434 http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36560 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495397/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30651 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020661 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020662 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020663 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2339 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44393 http://secunia.com/advisories/31434 http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36560 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495397/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30651 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020661 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020662 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020663 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2339 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44393

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-3174 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.