Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-2944 · published 30 June 2008

CVE-2008-2944: Fedoraproject fedora core double free vulnerability

Fedoraproject · Fedora Core

Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.

4.9 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.43% · top 65.3% CWE-415 · Double free

4.9CVSS 2.0 base score

0.43%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

3Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Fedora Core Fedoraproject

Linux Kernel Linux

Enterprise Linux Redhat

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359	ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359	ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-2944), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-01). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.