4.7
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-5701

Published: 22/12/2008 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 418
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-4307 Bryn M Reeves reported a denial of service in the NFS filesystem Local users can trigger a kernel BUG() due to a r ...