What is CVE-2008-3527?

CVE-2008-3527 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264). CVE-2008-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3527?

CVE-2008-3527 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-3527?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2008-3527. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2008-3527 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CVE-2008-3527

Medium

arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-11-05

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-264

CVE-2008-3527 is a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control vulnerability

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2008-3527 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180

Vendor Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021137
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460251
Oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10602
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d91d531900bfa1165d445390b3b13a8013f98f7
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-3527

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-11-05

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3527?

CVE-2008-3527 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 , classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264) . CVE-2008-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3527?

CVE-2008-3527 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-3527?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2008-3527. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2008-3527 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2008-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. View CWE-264 on MITRE CWE →