CVE-2007-3851

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

13/08/2007

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets, allows local users with access to an X11 session and Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted batchbuffer.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete