kernel: secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges
Published Jul 12, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
The process scheduler in the Linux kernel 2.6.16 gives preference to "interactive" processes that perform voluntary sleeps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.16
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the moderate severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 21.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 22.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://osvdb.org/37127 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3719 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248113 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3719
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3719
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/37127 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~dants/papers/Cheat07Security.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3719 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248113 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3719 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3719 |
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