CVE-2008-0979
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in Double-Take 5.0.0.2865 and earlier, distributed under the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring name and other names, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a certain packet that triggers the recursive calling of a function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.63% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- double-take software/double-take · hp/storageworks double-take
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doubletakedown-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/doubletakedown.zip
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29075
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27951
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0666
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doubletakedown-adv.txt
- http://aluigi.org/poc/doubletakedown.zip
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29075
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488632/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27951
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0666
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.