What is CVE-2007-5494?

CVE-2007-5494 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2007-5494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5494?

CVE-2007-5494 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-5494?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2007-5494. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2007-5494 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2007-5494

Medium

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2007-11-30

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2007-5494 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2007-5494 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Osvdb
http://osvdb.org/44153
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27824

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162

Vendor Advisory
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0993.html
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26657
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019017
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
Exchange
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38823
Oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10884

Details

CVE ID CVE-2007-5494

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2007-11-30

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-5494?

CVE-2007-5494 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2007-5494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5494?

CVE-2007-5494 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2007-5494?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2007-5494. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2007-5494 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2007-5494 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.