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CVE-2008-0009

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0009 describes a vulnerability in the vmsplice_to_user function within the Linux kernel versions 2.6.22 through 2.6.24. This flaw, a lack of userspace pointer validation, could allow local users to access arbitrary kernel memory. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access (AV:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact (C:P). The FAUCET Risk Score is 34/100, indicating moderate risk. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation, exploit code for local privilege escalation related to 'vmsplice' exists on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.22.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.22.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.22.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5092 · Feb 9, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0009Important

kernel: Inappropriate dereference of user-supplied memory pointers

Feb 7, 2008

References

isec.pl / vulnerabilities/isec-0026-vmsplice_to_kernel.txt
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/28835
secunia.com / advisories/28896
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00254.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00255.html
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.1
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487982/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27704
securityfocus.com / bid/27799
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0487/references