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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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