CVE-2008-2944
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora core · linux/linux kernel · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.