4.9med
CVE-2008-2944
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core…
Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.9
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 37%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-415 Double Free
- Technology feeds
- Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/43556 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=449359 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=207002 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-2944
- NVD: CVE-2008-2944
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