What is CVE-2008-7291?

CVE-2008-7291 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gri Project, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2008-7291?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gri Project

CVE-2008-7291

gri before 2.12.18 generates temporary files in an insecure way.

Published 2019-11-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gri Project
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7291 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-7291?: CVE-2008-7291 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gri Project, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2008-7291?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.