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CVE-2008-5300

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.40%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-5300
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.40%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Linux kernel 2.6.28 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft lockup" and process loss) via a large number of sendmsg function calls, which does not block during AF_UNIX garbage collection and triggers an OOM condition, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5029.