VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4933
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-11-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/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 hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer