CVE-2007-5498
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The Xen hypervisor block backend driver for Linux kernel 2.6.18, when running on a 64-bit host with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest, allows local privileged users in the guest OS to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a request that specifies a large number of blocks.
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
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5473)
- 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-2007-5473 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29082
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=369531(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42274
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9452
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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