CVE-2007-0005
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) read and (2) write handlers in the Omnikey CardMan 4040 driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-rc3 allow local users to gain privileges.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (51th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0009)
- Published
- March 10, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0009 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- omnikey.aaitg / omnikey cardman 4040
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2787
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2788
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.21-rc3(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24436(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24518(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24777(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24901(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25078(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:078
- http://www.osvdb.org/33023
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0099.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462300/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22870
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0872(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32880
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1035
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11238
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain