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CVE-2007-0772

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0772 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Linux kernel versions before 2.6.20.1, specifically affecting the NFSACL 2 ACCESS request handling. A remote attacker can trigger an “oops” by sending a crafted request that causes an incorrect pointer to be freed. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact on availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.13.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0387 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

fedoranews.org / cms/node/2739
fedoranews.org / cms/node/2740
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.1
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 33022
secunia.com / advisories/24201
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24215
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24400
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24482
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24547
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24752
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24777
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25691
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/32578
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1063
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_18_kernel.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_21_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/471457
securityfocus.com / bid/22625
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-451-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0660
Vendor Advisory