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CVE-2007-5494

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-11-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2007-5494
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.39%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Memory leak in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.