# CVE-2008-1438: Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft pro

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-05-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (mpengine.dll) 1.1.3520.0 and 0.1.13.192, as used in multiple Microsoft products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (disk space exhaustion) via a file with "crafted data structures" that trigger the creation of large temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1437.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/30172
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29073
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14375
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1506/references
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-029

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