What is CVE-2008-1669?

CVE-2008-1669 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10. CVE-2008-1669 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1669?

CVE-2008-1669 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-1669?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-1669 patch availability.

Is CVE-2008-1669 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1669 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2008-1669

Medium

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-05-08

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-94

CVE-2008-1669 is classified as CWE-94

See CWE-94 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-1669

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.9 / 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-2008-1669?

CVE-2008-1669 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10 . CVE-2008-1669 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1669?

CVE-2008-1669 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-1669?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-1669 patch availability.
Is CVE-2008-1669 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2008-1669 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.