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CVE-2007-5001

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5001 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 2.4.21, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Desktop. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by performing asynchronous input/output operations on a FIFO special file. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability has 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, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
as_3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
es_3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ws_3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
30.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-57.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5001Important

kernel asynchronous IO on a FIFO kernel panic

May 7, 2008

References

lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
osvdb.org / 44987
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/30110
secunia.com / advisories/31246
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42273
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11329
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
securityfocus.com / bid/29083
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2222/references