CVE-2007-0253

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the grsecurity patch has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors, a different vulnerability than the expand_stack vulnerability from the Digital Armaments 20070110 pre-advisory. NOTE: the grsecurity developer has disputed this issue, stating that "the function they claim the vulnerability to be in is a trivial function, which can, and has been, easily checked for any supposed vulnerabilities." The developer also cites a past disclosure that was not proven

Affected products

Grsecurity Kernel Patch: all versions

References

http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?t=1646
http://grsecurity.net/news.php#digitalfud
http://www.digitalarmaments.com/news_news.shtml
http://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?t=1646
http://grsecurity.net/news.php#digitalfud
http://www.digitalarmaments.com/news_news.shtml

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