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CVE-2008-3915
Buffer overflow in nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when NFSv4 is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when NFSv4 is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to decoding an NFSv4 acl.
Timeline
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By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- [oss-security] 20080904 CVE request: kernel: nfsd: fix buffer overrun decoding NFSv4 acl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080904 Re: CVE request: kernel: nfsd: fix buffer overrun decoding NFSv4 acl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 32190 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32393 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1636 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 31881 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-659-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20080903 [patch 05/16] nfsd: fix buffer overrun decoding NFSv4 acl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=91b80969ba466ba4b915a4a1d03add8c297add3f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0857 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461101 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- linux-kernel-nfsv4-bo(45055) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-3900 (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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