CVE-2008-2944 describes a double free vulnerability within the utrace support of the Linux kernel, specifically impacting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Fedora Core 6, likely in kernel version 2.6.18. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (system crash or "oops"). With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), it indicates a low complexity local attack leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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