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CVE-2008-1615

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1615 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and potentially other versions, specifically on AMD64 architectures. A local attacker can trigger a system crash through certain ptrace calls, impacting AMD Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
as_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
es_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ws_4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-74.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-67.0.15.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.21.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1615Important

kernel: ptrace: Unprivileged crash on x86_64 %cs corruption

Feb 2, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/30112
secunia.com / advisories/30252
secunia.com / advisories/30294
secunia.com / advisories/30368
secunia.com / advisories/30818
secunia.com / advisories/30890
secunia.com / advisories/30962
secunia.com / advisories/30982
secunia.com / advisories/31107
secunia.com / advisories/31628
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42278
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9563
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1588
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
securityfocus.com / bid/29086
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-625-1