Is CVE-2008-3275 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3275 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3275?

CVE-2008-3275 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-3275

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 0.5% (44th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3263)
Published: August 12, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3263 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
suse / suse linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d70b67c8bc72ee23b55381bd6a884f4796692f77
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.15(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/7/2/83(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31836(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32104(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32344(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30647(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020739(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2430(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457858(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44410(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10744(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6551(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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