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CVE-2007-3739

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3739 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems, specifically affecting Apple and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. The flaw in mm/mmap.c allows local users to trigger a kernel OOPS by expanding the stack into reserved kernel memory. With a CVSS score of 4.7, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit locally, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-53.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.12.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.10.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-3739Moderate

LTC36188-Don't allow the stack to grow into hugetlb reserved regions

Aug 31, 2007

References

lkml.org / lkml/2007/1/29/180
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/23955
secunia.com / advisories/26760
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26955
secunia.com / advisories/26978
secunia.com / advisories/27436
secunia.com / advisories/27747
secunia.com / advisories/27913
secunia.com / advisories/29058
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36592
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11455
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1378
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1504
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-518-1