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CVE-2007-5093

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5093 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver within Linux kernel versions 2.6.x prior to 2.6.22.6. This flaw allows a user-assisted local attacker to cause a USB subsystem hang and high CPU consumption in khubd by failing to close the device after a disconnect is invoked. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), the vulnerability requires local access and user assistance, making it difficult to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 33rd 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: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-53.1.21.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5093Low

kernel PWC driver DoS

Aug 21, 2007

References

marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
secunia.com / advisories/26994
secunia.com / advisories/28170
secunia.com / advisories/28706
secunia.com / advisories/28971
secunia.com / advisories/29058
secunia.com / advisories/30294
secunia.com / advisories/32799
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10494
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1381
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1503
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1504
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html
securityfocus.com / bid/25504
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-558-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-574-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-578-1