{
    "id": "CVE-2009-3888",
    "published": "2009-11-16 19:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:12:34",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.00749",
    "epss_percentile": "0.53714",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-13 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "10017",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'fput()' Null Pointer Dereference Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2009-11-09",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10017"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064",
        "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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/3",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1",
        "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89a8640279f8bb78aaf778d1fc5c4a6778f18064",
        "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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/13/3",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1"
    ]
}