CVE-2008-1865

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: 2008-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the msx_readnode function in libmosix.c in openmosix-tools (aka userspace-tools) in openMosix might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a third-party program that calls this function with a long item argument. NOTE: the vendor does not provide any program that is capable of causing this overflow.

Affected products

Openmosix Project Openmosix: all versions

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3813
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490534/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28663
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41691
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3813
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490534/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28663
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41691

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