CVE-2008-4934

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 05 Nov 2008, 14:51
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 10:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.28% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Nov 2008, 14:51
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 10:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The hfsplus_block_allocate function in fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 does not check a certain return value from the read_mapping_page function before calling kmap, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hfsplus filesystem image.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.28%• Percentile: 80%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 7.10 | 8.04 | 8.10

  • debian•debian_linux

    4.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 2.6.28

References (18)