CVE-2008-2729
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (47th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2722)
- Published
- June 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2722 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://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3022d734a54cbd2b65eea9a024564821101b4a9a%3Bhp=f0f4c3432e5e1087b3a8c0e6bd4113d3c37497ff
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30849(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30850(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11571(Tool Signature)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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