CVE-2008-3832

Exp

A certain Fedora patch for the utrace subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.5-28 on Fedora 8, and before 2.6.26.5-45 on Fedora 9, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash or hang) via a call to the utrace_control function.

Published: 2008-10-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3832 is rated Exploit Available (52.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.78%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-3832

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32451 exploit_db edb 2008-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3832

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 2026-06-15 0.36% 0.78% +0.42%
2 2026-01-30 0.11% 0.36% +0.25%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.11% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3832

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-2008-3832

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-3832

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3832
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-3832 medium 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-2008-3832

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-3832

  • Red Hat (2017-08-07T21:32:11.843)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of utrace as shipped with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3832

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat fedora 8 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora 9 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3832

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