01 Record
CVE-2008-0007
Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks, allows local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range checks, allows local users to access kernel memory via an out-of-range offset.
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
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.1% 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
- 2008-02-08 01:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-03
- 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
- fad3c3a3f2642e3ad34f40e2ccc2e170d5f72d37a92684c33683ae4c90b1a3fa
05 Affected products
06 References
- securitytracker.com1019357http://securitytracker.com/id?1019357
- www.securityfocus.com20080208 rPSA-2008-0048-1 kernelhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487808/100/0/threaded
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:017http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00007.html
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.17
- www.securityfocus.com27686http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27686
- secunia.com28806http://secunia.com/advisories/28806
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0237http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-618-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
- secunia.com28826http://secunia.com/advisories/28826
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9412https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9412
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
- www.debian.orgDSA-1565http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:112http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
- www.debian.orgDSA-1504http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- secunia.com30116http://secunia.com/advisories/30116
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0048
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0233http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20080206 [patch 60/73] vm audit: add VM_DONTEXPAND to mmap for drivers that need it (CVE-2008-0007)http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/6/457
- secunia.com30110http://secunia.com/advisories/30110
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2222http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references
- secunia.com33280http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:044http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:072http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:072
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:174http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0445http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0445/references
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1503http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- secunia.com29058http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0211http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
- www.securityfocus.com27705http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27705
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0787http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- secunia.com30769http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnixhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
- secunia.com30018http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
- secunia.com31246http://secunia.com/advisories/31246
- secunia.com29570http://secunia.com/advisories/29570
- secunia.com30112http://secunia.com/advisories/30112