Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

8 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2007

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In May 2007, 8 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated High severity and 7 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 8 CVEs represent 11% of all 2007 Linux kernel CVEs , up from April's 3 (a 167% month-over-month increase) .

8
Total CVEs
0
Critical
1
High
7
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2007 8 CVEs
All (8) Critical (0) High (1) Medium (7) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2007-2764 linux High 7.8 2007-05-18 The embedded Linux kernel in certain Sun-Brocade SilkWorm switches before 20070516 does not properly handle a situation…
CVE-2007-2451 linux Medium 5.0 2007-05-29 Unspecified vulnerability in drivers/crypto/geode-aes.c in GEODE-AES in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21.3 allows attacke…
CVE-2007-2878 linux Medium 4.9 2007-05-29 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…
CVE-2007-2525 linux Medium 4.9 2007-05-08 Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-git8 allows local …
CVE-2007-1861 linux Medium 4.9 2007-05-07 The nl_fib_lookup function in net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c in Linux Kernel before 2.6.20.8 allows attackers to cause a denia…
CVE-2007-0771 linux Medium 4.9 2007-05-02 The utrace support in Linux kernel 2.6.18, and other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system …
CVE-2007-2480 linux Medium 4.6 2007-05-03 The _udp_lib_get_port function in net/ipv4/udp.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 and earlier does not prevent a bind to a port w…
CVE-2006-7203 linux Medium 4.0 2007-05-14 The compat_sys_mount function in fs/compat.c in Linux kernel 2.6.20 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2007?

8 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2007, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 1 High, and 7 Medium.

How does May 2007 compare to other months?

May 2007's 8 CVEs represent 11% of all 2007 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to April's 3 CVEs, this was a 167% increase month-over-month. View the full 2007 breakdown →

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