CVE-2008-1278
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and...
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
- Record
CVE-2008-1278- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
- Record
CVE-2008-1278- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1286 No score
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
- Record
EUVD-2008-1286- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p93c-4c5g-q7pf No score
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and...
The RemotelyAnywhere.exe service in the Remotely Anywhere Server and Workstation 8.0.668 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Accept-Charset header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the service is automatically restarted.
- Record
GHSA-p93c-4c5g-q7pf- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | RemotelyAnywhere 8.0.668 - 'Accept-Charset' Null Pointer Denial of Service | 2008-03-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-1278 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Remotelyanywhere, published March 10, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.34%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
secunia.com/advisories/29296
securityfocus.com/archive/1/489354/100/0/threaded
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41077
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0816/references
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/remotelynowhere-adv.txt
securityfocus.com/bid/28175
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1278
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p93c-4c5g-q7pf