CVE-2007-0772 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0772?

CVE-2007-0772 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Linux kernel 2.6.13 and other versions before 2.6.20.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (oops) via a crafted NFSACL 2 ACCESS request that triggers a free of an incorrect pointer.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0772?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2007-0772 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0772 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pw4v-4rfv-3354.