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CVE-2008-3831

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3831 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the i915 graphics driver affecting specific versions of the Linux kernel on Debian GNU/Linux and OpenBSD. The flaw allows local users to corrupt memory via a crafted ioctl call due to insufficient access restrictions on the DRM_I915_HWS_ADDR ioctl. With a CVSS score of 4.7, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, leading to a potential denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 77th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-93.el5rt
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3831Important

kernel: i915 kernel drm driver arbitrary ioremap

Oct 17, 2008

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.html
secunia.com / advisories/32315
secunia.com / advisories/32386
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32709
secunia.com / advisories/32918
secunia.com / advisories/33182
secunia.com / advisories/33586
security.debian.org / pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1655
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openbsd.org / cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c
Patch
openbsd.org / cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31792
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-659-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-679-1