{"cve":"CVE-2008-5079","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-09T00:30:00.300","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:12.880","status":"Modified","description":"net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html","http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122841256115780&w=2","http://secunia.com/advisories/32913"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5079","score":0.01094,"percentile":0.65524,"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."]}