Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

8 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2008

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In August 2008, 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. August's 8 CVEs represent 10% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs , up from July's 6 (a 33% month-over-month increase) .

8
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
4
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2008 8 CVEs
All (8) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (4) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2008-3496 linux High 10.0 2008-08-06 Buffer overflow in format descriptor parsing in the uvc_parse_format function in drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_driver.c i…
CVE-2008-3526 linux High 7.8 2008-08-27 Integer overflow in the sctp_setsockopt_auth_key function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Proto…
CVE-2008-3276 linux High 7.1 2008-08-18 Integer overflow in the dccp_setsockopt_change function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol…
CVE-2008-3275 linux Medium 5.5 2008-08-12 The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before …
CVE-2008-3686 linux Medium 4.9 2008-08-14 The rt6_fill_node function in net/ipv6/route.c in Linux kernel 2.6.26-rc4, 2.6.26.2, and possibly other 2.6.26 versions…
CVE-2008-3534 linux Medium 4.9 2008-08-08 The shmem_delete_inode function in mm/shmem.c in the tmpfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.1 allows lo…
CVE-2008-3535 linux Medium 4.9 2008-08-08 Off-by-one error in the iov_iter_advance function in mm/filemap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 allows local us…
CVE-2008-3272 linux Low 2.1 2008-08-08 The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kern…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2008?

8 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2008, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 4 Medium.

How does August 2008 compare to other months?

August 2008's 8 CVEs represent 10% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 6 CVEs, this was a 33% increase month-over-month. View the full 2008 breakdown →

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