{"id":"CVE-2008-3911","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3911","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:39:50.308Z","title":"The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a…","description":"The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a crafted read system call for the /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports file.","published":"2008-09-04T17:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00441,"percentile":0.38046,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27df6f25ff218072e0e879a96beeb398a79cdbc8","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/140","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/184","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31937","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45136","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=27df6f25ff218072e0e879a96beeb398a79cdbc8","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/140","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/184","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31937","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45136","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3911","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}