CVE-2007-2878

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 29 May 2007, 20:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 13:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.25% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 May 2007, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 13:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The VFAT compat ioctls in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.2, when run on a 64-bit system, allow local users to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.25%• Percentile: 48%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.21.1

References (20)