When was CVE-2008-1658 disclosed?

CVE-2008-1658 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 11, 2008, with the most recent update on April 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2008-1658 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1658 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 31.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2008-1658?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2008-1658, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2008-1658

NONECVSS 0.0Trending — 3 sources updated this week

0.0

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 31.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (18)

security@ubuntuhttp://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
security@ubuntuhttp://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
security@ubuntuhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29755
security@ubuntuhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
security@ubuntuhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
security@ubuntuhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
security@ubuntuhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
security@ubuntuhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
security@ubuntuhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254

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