CVE-2008-2748
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang...
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being "parsed multiple times."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being "parsed multiple times."
- Record
CVE-2008-2748- 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
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being "parsed multiple times."
- Record
CVE-2008-2748- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-2741 No score
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being "parsed multiple times."
- Record
EUVD-2008-2741- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5x8w-vff3-wh78 No score
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang...
Skulltag 0.97d2-RC2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a series of long, malformed connect packets, related to these packets being "parsed multiple times."
- Record
GHSA-5x8w-vff3-wh78- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Skulltag 0.97 d2-RC3 - Malformed Packet Denial of Service | 2008-06-16 |
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-2008-2748 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Skulltag Team Skulltag, published June 18, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.49%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43125
skulltag.com/testing/public/Skulltag%20Version%20History.txt
securityfocus.com/bid/29760
aluigi.org/poc/skulltagloop.zip
securityreason.com/securityalert/3953
securityfocus.com/archive/1/493386/100/0/threaded
secunia.com/advisories/30668
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2748
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5x8w-vff3-wh78