CVE-2008-2944
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.9)—
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
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 4.9
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.43%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 35
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-415
Referencias
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556
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