What is CVE-2007-5498?

CVE-2007-5498 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2007-5498 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5498?

CVE-2007-5498 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-2007-5498?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2007-5498 patch availability.

Is CVE-2007-5498 actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5498 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2007-5498

Medium

The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-05-08

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-2007-5498 is classified as CWE-399

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

References

8 total

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=369531

Patch
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30116
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29082

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2007-5498

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-05-08

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-5498?

CVE-2007-5498 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2007-5498 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5498?

CVE-2007-5498 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-2007-5498?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2007-5498 patch availability.
Is CVE-2007-5498 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2007-5498 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.