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CVE-2008-5033

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5033 describes a denial of service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's tvaudio.c driver, specifically affecting versions 2.6.25.x, 2.6.26.x, and 2.6.27.x. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a NULL function pointer dereference, leading to a system crash (OOPS). With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it poses a significant risk of system unavailability due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.25.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.25.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.25.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.25.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0259 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5033Important

kernel: security: avoid calling a NULL function pointer in drivers/video/tvaudio.c

Oct 11, 2008

References

git.kernel.org
secunia.com / advisories/32918
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46544
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.19
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.7
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.3
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/32094
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-679-1