CVE-2008-5744
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Array index error in the dahdi/tor2.c driver in Zaptel (aka DAHDI) 1.4.11 and earlier allows local users in the dialout group to overwrite an integer value in kernel memory by writing to /dev/zap/ctl, related to an incorrect tor2 patch for CVE-2008-5396 that uses the wrong variable in a range check against the value of lc->sync.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5714)
- Published
- December 26, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5714 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- asterisk / zaptel
- asterisk / zaptel
- asterisk / zaptel
- asterisk / zaptel
References
- http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13954#96700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32960
- http://svn.digium.com/view/dahdi?view=rev&revision=5590
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/19/2(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475446#c4
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47666
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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