Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

11 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2008

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In May 2008, 11 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated High severity and 6 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 11 CVEs represent 14% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs , up from April's 1 (a 1000% month-over-month increase) .

11
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
6
Medium
2
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2008 11 CVEs
All (11) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (6) Low (2)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2008-2136 linux High 7.8 2008-05-16 Memory leak in the ipip6_rcv function in net/ipv6/sit.c in the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.5 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.3…
CVE-2008-1675 linux High 7.2 2008-05-02 The bdx_ioctl_priv function in the tehuti driver (tehuti.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.25.1 does not properly che…
CVE-2007-6282 linux High 7.1 2008-05-08 The IPsec implementation in Linux kernel before 2.6.25 allows remote routers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a…
CVE-2008-1669 linux Medium 6.9 2008-05-08 Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local …
CVE-2008-1375 linux Medium 6.9 2008-05-02 Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 befo…
CVE-2007-5498 linux Medium 4.9 2008-05-08 The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtua…
CVE-2008-1615 linux Medium 4.9 2008-05-08 Linux kernel 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, when running on AMD64 architectures, allows local users to cause a de…
CVE-2007-5001 linux Medium 4.9 2008-05-08 Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or out…
CVE-2008-2137 linux Medium 4.4 2008-05-29 The (1) sparc_mmap_check function in arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc.c and the (2) sparc64_mmap_check function in arch/spar…
CVE-2008-2148 linux Low 3.6 2008-05-12 The utimensat system call (sys_utimensat) in Linux kernel 2.6.22 and other versions before 2.6.25.3 does not check file…
CVE-2008-1294 linux Low 2.1 2008-05-02 Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2008?

11 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2008, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 6 Medium.

How does May 2008 compare to other months?

May 2008's 11 CVEs represent 14% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to April's 1 CVEs, this was a 1000% increase month-over-month. View the full 2008 breakdown →

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