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CVE-2008-0009

CVE-2008-0009

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 1.0%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDFeb 12
1st PoCFeb 9
exploitation probability
1.0%top 42% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which might allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory locations.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 2✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5092exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/5093
⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txthttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431206http://secunia.com/advisories/28835http://secunia.com/advisories/28896https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.htmlhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487982/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27799http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0487/references