CVE-2008-2944

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-06-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2944 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-2944

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2944

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2944

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2944

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-2944

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2944
ubuntu low CVE-2008-2944 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (linux, linux-source-2.6.15, linux-source-2.6.20, linux-source-2.6.22), 20 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): DNE 12, not-affected 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2944

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2944

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedoraproject fedora_core 6 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.18 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2944

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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