Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2008-3272

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3272 is an information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the sound subsystem's snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function. This flaw allows local users to obtain sensitive information due to improper device number validation. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access to exploit, resulting in a potential compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.27:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.27:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 61st 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: MRG for RHEL-5Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:2.6.24.7-81.el5rt
View patch
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-0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3272Moderate

kernel snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info leak

Aug 2, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2
Broken Link
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31366
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31551
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31614
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31836
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31881
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32023
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32103
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32104
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32190
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32370
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32759
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32799
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44225
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11182
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 637-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1630
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1636
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/30559
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2307
Third Party Advisory