Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2008

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2008, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 7 CVEs represent 9% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 9 (a 22% month-over-month decrease) .

7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
1
High
5
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2008 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (0) High (1) Medium (5) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2008-5702 linux High 7.2 2008-12-22 Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might…
CVE-2008-5713 linux Medium 4.9 2008-12-24 The __qdisc_run function in net/sched/sch_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25 on SMP machines allows local user…
CVE-2008-5079 linux Medium 4.9 2008-12-09 net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of ser…
CVE-2008-5395 linux Medium 4.9 2008-12-09 The parisc_show_stack function in arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc7 on PA-RISC allows lo…
CVE-2008-5300 linux Medium 4.9 2008-12-01 Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number…
CVE-2008-5701 linux Medium 4.7 2008-12-22 Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allo…
CVE-2008-5700 linux Low 1.9 2008-12-22 libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users t…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2008?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2008, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 1 High, and 5 Medium.

How does December 2008 compare to other months?

December 2008's 7 CVEs represent 9% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 9 CVEs, this was a 22% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2008 breakdown →

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