CVE-2007-0958

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.20 allows local users to read unreadable binaries by using the interpreter (PT_INTERP) functionality and triggering a core dump, a variant of CVE-2004-1073.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+116)

References

http://osvdb.org/35930
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24482
http://secunia.com/advisories/24752
http://secunia.com/advisories/24777
http://secunia.com/advisories/25078
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1286
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

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