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CVE-2008-0600

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-94 Code Injection
Publication date:
12/02/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.17.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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