Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-5025
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/catalog.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.030 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.2.27, 2.4.36, 2.4.36.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32998 (third-party-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/6 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/12 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/1 (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33641 (third-party-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/11/1 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/32719 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html (vendor-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/10/7 (mailing-list)