Is CVE-2008-4934 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-4934 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4934?

CVE-2008-4934 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-4934

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD

The hfsplus_block_allocate function in fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 does not check a certain return value from the read_mapping_page function before calling kmap, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hfsplus filesystem image.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 3.3% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-4913)
Published: November 5, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4913 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

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=649f1ee6c705aab644035a7998d7b574193a598a
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1(Vendor Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32510(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33858(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:234(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/03/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32096(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46327(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11635(Third Party Advisory)

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

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