CVE-2008-2358
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the dccp_feat_change function in net/dccp/feat.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and 2.6.17 through 2.6.20, allows local users to gain privileges via an invalid feature length, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2354)
- Published
- June 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2354 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30000(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30849(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30920(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1592
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29603
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020211
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447389
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43034
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9644
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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