Is CVE-2008-2812 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2812 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2812?

CVE-2008-2812 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-2812

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 0.4% (37th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2805)
Published: July 9, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2805 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

avaya / communication manager
avaya / expanded meet-me conferencing
avaya / intuity audix lx
avaya / meeting exchange
avaya / message networking
avaya / messaging storage server
avaya / proactive contact
avaya / sip enablement services
avaya / sip enablement services
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
novell / linux desktop
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
suse / suse linux enterprise server
suse / suse linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2a739dd53ad7ee010ae6e155438507f329dce788
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31048(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31202(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31229(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31341(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31685(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32103(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201(Broken Link)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/2(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30076(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2063/references(Broken Link)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43687(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11632(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6633(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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