CVE-2007-0822
umount, when running with the Linux 2.6.15 kernel on Slackware Linux 10.2, allows local users to trigger a NULL dereference and…
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Description
umount, when running with the Linux 2.6.15 kernel on Slackware Linux 10.2, allows local users to trigger a NULL dereference and application crash by invoking the program with a pathname for a USB pen drive that was mounted and then physically removed, which might allow the users to obtain sensitive information, including core file contents.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 33652 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20070201 umount crash and xterm (kind of) information leak! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://gotfault.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/umount-bug/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1017729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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