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CVE-2008-1514

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1514 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel on s390 platforms, specifically versions 2.6.9 and earlier than 2.6.27-rc6. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by executing a specific ptrace test in 31-bit mode, leading to an invalid dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a medium severity with local access, low attack complexity, and a complete impact on availability. 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
<= 2.6.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 78th 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 (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1514Important

kernel: ptrace: Padding area write - unprivileged kernel crash

Mar 18, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.6
Vendor Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc6
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/31826
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32237
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32315
secunia.com / advisories/32356
secunia.com / advisories/32799
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41501
sourceware.org / systemtap/wiki/utrace/tests
Exploit
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9555
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1653
Patch
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1655
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/31177
ExploitPatch