crash - mmput()/unmap_vmas() - gdb testsuite
Published Jun 30, 2008
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
Affected products
No data.
- 6
- 2.6.18
- 5.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:C
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 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 34.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 33.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.50th | 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% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2944 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454237 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2944
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2944
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2944 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454237 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2944 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2944 |
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