CVE-2008-5701

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 22 Dec 2008, 15:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 11:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Dec 2008, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 11:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 19%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    4.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.28 | 2.6.28:rc1 | 2.6.28:rc2 | 2.6.28:rc3 | 2.6.28:rc4 | 2.6.28:rc5 | 2.6.28:rc6 | 2.6.28:rc7

References (10)