Is CVE-2007-2875 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2875 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2875?

CVE-2007-2875 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2007-2875

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Integer underflow in the cpuset_tasks_read function in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.13, and 2.6.21.x before 2.6.21.4, when the cpuset filesystem is mounted, allows local users to obtain kernel memory contents by using a large offset when reading the /dev/cpuset/tasks file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 0.4% (38th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-2867)
Published: June 11, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2867 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.13(Vendor Advisory)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.21.4(Vendor Advisory)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=541(Broken Link)
http://osvdb.org/37113(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26647(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26760(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1363(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24389(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018211(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2105(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34779(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9251(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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