CVE-2008-5701
N/A
Published: December 22, 2008 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelDebian Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Array index error in arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc8 on 64-bit MIPS platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an o32 syscall with a small syscall number, which leads to an attempted read operation outside the bounds of the syscall table.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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