Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-5701
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.28
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8 (Vendor Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33078 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/35011 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34981 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)