What is CVE-2008-2169?

CVE-2008-2169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avici Router, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2008-2169?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Avici Router

CVE-2008-2169

Unspecified vulnerability in Avici routers allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped session) via crafted BGP UPDATE messages, leading to route flapping, possibly a related issue to CVE-2007-6372.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2008-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/28999 (vdb-entry)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/929656 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-2169?: CVE-2008-2169 is a high-severity vulnerability in Avici Router, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2008-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2008-2169?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.