CVE-2007-3739
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
mm/mmap.c in the hugetlb kernel, when run on PowerPC systems, does not prevent stack expansion from entering into reserved kernel page memory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3723)
- Published
- September 14, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3723 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / powerpc
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/1/29/180
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26760(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26978
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27913
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1049.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253313
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36592
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11455
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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