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CVE-2008-1615
Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.39%
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- mitre
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain ptrace calls.
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)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (5 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
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- affected n/a
References (28)
- RHSA-2008:0275 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 30962 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30294 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- linux-kernel-processtrace-dos(42278) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1588 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1020047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0585 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30252 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-4043 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 30890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29086 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431430 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 30818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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