What is CVE-2007-2764?

CVE-2007-2764 is a vulnerability in Brocade Silkworm 12000 Director, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2007-05-18.

Is CVE-2007-2764 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Brocade Silkworm 12000 Director

CVE-2007-2764

The embedded Linux kernel in certain Sun-Brocade SilkWorm switches before 20070516 does not properly handle a situation in which a non-root user creates a kernel process, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (oops and device reboot) via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2007-05-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/24036 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
osvdb.org/39117 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34495 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-2764?: CVE-2007-2764 is a vulnerability in Brocade Silkworm 12000 Director, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2007-05-18.
Is CVE-2007-2764 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.