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Vulnerability details: VCID-r92j-bk4h-fqdn
Vulnerability ID VCID-r92j-bk4h-fqdn
Aliases CVE-2008-3833
Summary kernel: remove SUID when splicing into an inode
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.4
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
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epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3833
cvssv2 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3833
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.19.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c34e2d63231d4bf4852bac8521883944d770fe3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/1
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-3833.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-3833
http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45922
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9980
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.19/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31567
464450 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464450
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CVE-2008-3833 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3833
RHSA-2008:0957 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0957
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3833
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.11783
EPSS Score 0.00039
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:00:13.560700+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-3833.json 38.0.0