01 Record
CVE-2007-5494
Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-11-30 02:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 212155cda8aff95eb5ec82e53dfd493276bdca02e931042c029ee980d4476470
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com28162http://secunia.com/advisories/28162
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1104http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
- osvdb.org44153http://osvdb.org/44153
- secunia.com27824http://secunia.com/advisories/27824
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
- www.securitytracker.com1019017http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10884https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0993http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
- www.securityfocus.com26657http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrhel-content-accelerator-dos(38823)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823