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CVE-2007-5001
Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.38%
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- redhat
Description
Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326251 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2222 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 44987 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0211 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- linux-kernel-fifo-dos(42273) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [Security-announce] 20080728 VMSA-2008-00011 Updated ESX service console packages for Samba and vmnix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11329 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 31246 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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