CVE-2008-0598

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2008-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation in the Linux kernel 2.6.9, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows local users to read uninitialized memory via unknown vectors involving a crafted binary.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.9, 2.6.18

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30849
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
http://secunia.com/advisories/32104
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586

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