{"cve":"CVE-2007-5093","nvd":{"published":"2007-09-26T21:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:45:25.757","status":"Modified","description":"The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 \"relies on user space to close the device,\" which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service (USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd) by not closing the device after the disconnect is invoked.  NOTE: this rarely crosses privilege boundaries, unless the attacker can convince the victim to unplug the affected device.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118873457814808&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118880154122548&w=2","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/26994","http://secunia.com/advisories/28170"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5093","score":0.00347,"percentile":0.28341,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}