CVE-2008-3077 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3077?

CVE-2008-3077 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Jul 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 on the x86_64 platform leaks task_struct references into the sys32_ptrace function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, possibly a use-after-free vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3077?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3077?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3077 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-2008-3077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3077 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-rmqj-97wc-2526.