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CVE-2008-3527

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3527 describes a boundary checking vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation, specifically affecting versions before 2.6.21. This flaw could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges or trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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
<= 2.6.20.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.36.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.36.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.36.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 51st 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3527Important

kernel: missing boundary checks in syscall/syscall32_nopage()

Nov 4, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/32485
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32759
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33180
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10602
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1687
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
securitytracker.com / id