Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

7 Linux Kernel CVEs in February 2008

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In February 2008, 7 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 1 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. February's 7 CVEs represent 9% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs , up from January's 3 (a 133% month-over-month increase) .

7
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
1
Medium
2
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — February 2008 7 CVEs
All (7) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (1) Low (2)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2008-0731 linux High 7.5 2008-02-12 The Linux kernel before 2.6.18.8-0.8 in SUSE openSUSE 10.2 does not properly handle failure of an AppArmor change_hat s…
CVE-2008-0600 linux High 7.2 2008-02-12 The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer bef…
CVE-2008-0007 linux High 7.2 2008-02-08 Linux kernel before 2.6.22.17, when using certain drivers that register a fault handler that does not perform range che…
CVE-2007-4130 linux High 7.2 2008-02-05 The Linux kernel 2.6.9 before 2.6.9-67 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 on Itanium (ia64) does not properly handle …
CVE-2008-0163 linux Medium 4.4 2008-02-12 Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in…
CVE-2008-0010 linux Low 2.1 2008-02-12 The copy_from_user_mmap_sem function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certa…
CVE-2008-0009 linux Low 2.1 2008-02-12 The vmsplice_to_user function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.22 through 2.6.24 does not validate a certain user…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2008?

7 Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2008, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 1 Medium.

How does February 2008 compare to other months?

February 2008's 7 CVEs represent 9% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to January's 3 CVEs, this was a 133% increase month-over-month. View the full 2008 breakdown →

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