CVE-2007-0958
Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.20 allows local users to read unreadable binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality and triggering a core dump, a variant of CVE-2004-1073.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.20 allows local users to read unreadable binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality and triggering a core dump, a variant of CVE-2004-1073.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/35930
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24482Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24752Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25078Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:060
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0099.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22903
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-451-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10343
- http://osvdb.org/35930
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24482Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24752Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25078Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.