CVE-2008-5025

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5025: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix