{"cve":"CVE-2008-4933","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-05T15:00:14.697","modified":"2026-06-16T22:58:47.543","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in the hfsplus_find_cat function in fs/hfsplus/catalog.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) via an hfsplus filesystem image with an invalid catalog namelength field, related to the hfsplus_cat_build_key_uni function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc7ffcb4237f8cb9938909041c4ed38f6e1bf40","http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0264.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4933","score":0.02904,"percentile":0.86963,"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."]}