CVE-2007-5001
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Linux kernel before 2.4.21 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via asynchronous input or output on a FIFO special file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4982)
- Published
- May 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4982 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
- http://osvdb.org/44987
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31246
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29083
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326251
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42273
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11329
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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