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CVE-2008-5025

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.95%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-11-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-5025
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.95%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs_cat_find_brec function in fs/hfs/catalog.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfs filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, a related issue to CVE-2008-4933.