CVE-2008-5033

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The chip_command function in drivers/media/video/tvaudio.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.25.x before 2.6.25.19, 2.6.26.x before 2.6.26.7, and 2.6.27.x before 2.6.27.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and OOPS) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.25, 2.6.25.1, 2.6.25.2, 2.6.25.3, 2.6.25.4, 2.6.25.5 (+23)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ba2f67afb02c5302b2898949ed6fc3b3d37dcf1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.19
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.7
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.3
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:246
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32094
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46544
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ba2f67afb02c5302b2898949ed6fc3b3d37dcf1
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.19

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