VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-5966
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-12-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_start function in kernel/hrtimer.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (panic) via a large relative timeout value. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.