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CVE-2007-0958

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0958 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.6.x prior to 2.6.20. An attacker can exploit this by using the interpreter functionality (PT_INTERP) to trigger a core dump, allowing them to read otherwise unreadable binaries. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low severity with local access required and only impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
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 53rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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 0.6 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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-55.0.2.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-8.1.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-0958Low

core-dumping unreadable binaries via PT_INTERP

Jan 26, 2007

References

osvdb.org / 35930
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
secunia.com / advisories/24482
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24752
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24777
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25078
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25714
secunia.com / advisories/25838
secunia.com / advisories/26289
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10343
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1286
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1304
isec.pl / vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt
Vendor Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0099.html
securityfocus.com / bid/22903
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-451-1