CVE-2008-5702 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-5702?

CVE-2008-5702 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5702?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5702?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-5702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5702 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-vxhr-q438-7gx3.