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CVE-2009-3888

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Date: November 16, 2009

The do_mmap_pgoff function in mm/nommu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31.6, when the CPU lacks a memory management unit, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) via an application that attempts to allocate a large amount of memory.

Language: C

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Related Resources (8)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.31.6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/09/2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2009-3888
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/3
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3888
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2009-3888

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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