{"id":"CVE-2008-3915","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3915","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:26.902Z","title":"Buffer overflow in nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when NFSv4 is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to decoding an NFSv4 acl.","description":"Buffer overflow in nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when NFSv4 is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to decoding an NFSv4 acl.","published":"2008-09-11T01:13:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.04353,"percentile":0.91166,"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 (4.35%). 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=91b80969ba466ba4b915a4a1d03add8c297add3f","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/3/286","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31881","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32190","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32393","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/18","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/4","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31133","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461101","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45055","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=91b80969ba466ba4b915a4a1d03add8c297add3f","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/3/286","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31881","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32190","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32393","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/18","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31133","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461101","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45055","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3915","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."}