CVE-2007-0253
Unspecified vulnerability in the grsecurity patch has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors, a different vulnerability than the expand_stack vulnerability from the Digital Armaments 20070110 pre-advisory. NOTE: the grsecurity developer has disputed this issue, stating that "the function they claim the vulnerability to be in is a trivial function, which can, and has been, easily checked for any supposed vulnerabilities." The developer also cites a past disclosure that was not proven
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0255)
- Published
- January 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0255 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
References
- http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?t=1646(Vendor Advisory)
- http://grsecurity.net/news.php#digitalfud
- http://www.digitalarmaments.com/news_news.shtml(Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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