VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-5025
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-11-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer