Vulnerability in Apple Powerpc
CVE-2007-6694
The chrp_show_cpuinfo function (chrp/setup.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.21 through 2.6.18-53, when running on PowerPC, might allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that cause the of_get_property function to fail, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Published · last modified .
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: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Powerpc
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27555 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0154.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28696 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29236 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/30515 (third-party-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ (vendor-advisory)