What is CVE-2008-5701?

CVE-2008-5701 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10. CVE-2008-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5701?

CVE-2008-5701 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-5701?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2008-5701. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2008-5701 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2008-5701

Medium

Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-12-22

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2008-5701 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2008-5701 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33078

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

Third Party Advisory
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8

Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32716

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Exchange
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47190

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e807f9574e37a3f202e677feaaad1b7c5d2c0db8
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-5701

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-12-22

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-5701?

CVE-2008-5701 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . CVE-2008-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5701?

CVE-2008-5701 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-5701?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2008-5701. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2008-5701 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2008-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.