Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

6 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2007

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2007, 6 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 0 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 6 CVEs represent 8% of all 2007 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 8 (a 25% month-over-month decrease) .

6
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
0
Medium
2
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2007 6 CVEs
All (6) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (0) Low (2)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2007-4567 linux High 7.8 2007-12-21 The ipv6_hop_jumbo function in net/ipv6/exthdrs.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly validate the hop-…
CVE-2007-5966 linux High 7.2 2007-12-20 Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local us…
CVE-2007-6417 linux High 7.2 2007-12-18 The shmem_getpage function (mm/shmem.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.11 through 2.6.23 does not properly clear allocated memory …
CVE-2007-6151 linux High 7.2 2007-12-15 The isdn_ioctl function in isdn_common.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a c…
CVE-2007-6434 linux Low 2.1 2007-12-18 Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to create low pages in virtual userspace memory and bypass mmap_min_addr protect…
CVE-2007-6206 linux Low 2.1 2007-12-04 The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.24-rc3, and possibly other versions, do…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2007?

6 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2007, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 0 Medium.

How does December 2007 compare to other months?

December 2007's 6 CVEs represent 8% of all 2007 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 8 CVEs, this was a 25% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2007 breakdown →

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