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CVE-2007-0771

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0771 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's utrace support, affecting versions including 2.6.18 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. An attacker with local access can exploit this flaw to cause a system hang. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access and resulting in a complete loss of system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 53rd 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.3.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-0771Important

Tracing execution of a threaded executable causes kernel BUG report

Feb 12, 2007

References

osvdb.org / 35927
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/25080
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/34128
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9447
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0169.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/23720