Unscored severity · published Jun 30, 2008
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…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.18 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
5.0 · source: NVD
FC
Fedora Core · Fedoraproject
6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2944
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2944
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556
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