CVE-2007-6712: Kernel Linux Kernel vulnerability
Kernel · Linux Kernel
Vendor fix available · Affected: Kernel Linux Kernel · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 33% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
Integer overflow in the hrtimer_forward function (hrtimer.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.21-rc4, when running on 64-bit systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a timer with a large expiry value, which causes the timer to always be expired.
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Kernel
- Published
- April 2008
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2007-6712 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.
References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-189cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisoryredhat.com
- Vendor advisorydebian.org
- Vendor advisoryredhat.com
- Vendor advisoryubuntu.com
- Vendor advisorylists.opensuse.org
- git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/chris/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commigit.kernel.org
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitroval.cisecurity.org
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41827exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
2 more references are in the CVE record.