CVE-2008-3630 — mDNSResponder in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5, when an application uses the Bonjour API for unicast DNS, does not choose random values for transaction IDs or source ports in DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447

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mDNSResponder in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5, when an application uses the Bonjour API for unicast DNS, does not choose random values for transaction IDs or source ports in DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447

Published Sep 10, 2008

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.58%

Description

mDNSResponder in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5, when an application uses the Bonjour API for unicast DNS, does not choose random values for transaction IDs or source ports in DNS requests, which makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof DNS responses, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1447.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.58% 0.01578

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01578

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.58% (0.01578)	74.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.59% (0.01591)	72.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.04% (0.01039)	75.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.20% (0.02204)	89.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.04% (0.02040)	87.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00002.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31822
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2990
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31093
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020844
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2524
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00002.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31822		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2990		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31093		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020844		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2524		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 10, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 12, 2008

Link CVE-2008-3630

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-3630

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-3630