CVE-2007-2878
Published May 29, 2007
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The VFAT compat ioctls in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.2, when run on a 64-bit system, allow local users to corrupt a kernel_dirent struct and cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Vendor comments
- Red HatThis issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "6AD2E9DC-2876-4515-BCE6-DDD0CC6A5708"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]