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CVE-2008-5702

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.49%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2008-5702
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.49%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.