CVE-2008-5702
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5673)
- Published
- December 22, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5673 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399(Exploit)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47667
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11344
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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