What is CVE-2008-2729?

CVE-2008-2729 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, classified as a Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200). CVE-2008-2729 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2729?

CVE-2008-2729 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-2729?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-2729 patch availability.

Is CVE-2008-2729 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2729 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Information Exposure (CWE-200)?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CVE-2008-2729

Medium

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-06-30

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

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-200

CVE-2008-2729 is a Information Exposure vulnerability

What is Information Exposure?

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor not authorised to see it. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

17 total

Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849

Broken Link
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850

Broken Link
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

Broken Link

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-2729

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-06-30

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-2729?

CVE-2008-2729 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 , classified as an Information Exposure flaw (CWE-200) . CVE-2008-2729 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2729?

CVE-2008-2729 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:C/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-2729?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-2729 patch availability.
Is CVE-2008-2729 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2008-2729 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.