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CVE-2008-4934

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4934 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's HFS+ filesystem driver, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.6.28-rc1. An attacker can trigger a system crash by providing a specially crafted HFS+ filesystem image, which exploits a missing return value check in the hfsplus_block_allocate function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0329 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-78.0.13.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-128.1.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4934Low

kernel: hfsplus: check read_mapping_page() return value

Oct 15, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32510
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32918
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32998
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33180
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33556
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33858
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46327
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11635
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1681
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1687
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32096
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-679-1
Third Party Advisory