Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

8 Linux Kernel CVEs in November 2007

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In November 2007, 8 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated High severity and 4 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. November's 8 CVEs represent 11% of all 2007 Linux kernel CVEs , up from October's 3 (a 167% month-over-month increase) .

8
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
4
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — November 2007 8 CVEs
All (8) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (4) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2007-5908 linux Awaiting NVD 2007-11-09 Rejected reason: Buffer overflow in the (1) sysfs_show_available_clocksources and (2) sysfs_show_current_clocksources f…
CVE-2007-5501 linux High 7.8 2007-11-15 The tcp_sacktag_write_queue function in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in Linux kernel 2.6.21 through 2.6.23.7, and 2.6.24-rc thr…
CVE-2006-7229 linux High 7.5 2007-11-15 The skge driver 1.5 in Linux kernel 2.6.15 on Ubuntu does not properly use the spin_lock and spin_unlock functions, whi…
CVE-2007-4997 linux High 7.1 2007-11-06 Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 …
CVE-2007-6063 linux Medium 6.9 2007-11-21 Buffer overflow in the isdn_net_setcfg function in isdn_net.c in Linux kernel 2.6.23 allows local users to have an unkn…
CVE-2007-5904 linux Medium 6.8 2007-11-09 Multiple buffer overflows in CIFS VFS in Linux kernel 2.6.23 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of s…
CVE-2007-5494 linux Medium 4.9 2007-11-30 Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local use…
CVE-2007-5500 linux Medium 4.9 2007-11-20 The wait_task_stopped function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.8 checks a TASK_TRACED bit instead of an exit_state va…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in November 2007?

8 Linux kernel CVEs were published in November 2007, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 4 Medium. 1 CVEs are still awaiting NVD severity scoring.

How does November 2007 compare to other months?

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

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