TI-2008-01792 Aliases CVE-2008-1865 GHSA-92r4-4px6-qvvf

Stack-based buffer overflow in the msx_readnode function in libmosix.c in openmosix-tools…

LOW 10CWE-119Published 2008-04-17 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the msx_readnode function in libmosix.c in openmosix-tools (aka userspace-tools) in openMosix might allow local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a third-party program that calls this function with a long item argument. NOTE: the vendor does not provide any program that is capable of causing this overflow.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0031 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:openmosix_project:openmosix::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Openmosix Project

cpe:2.3:o:openmosix_project:openmosix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Openmosix Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1865
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92r4-4px6-qvvf

References

Advisory 1

3813

TI-2002-01998 mosix-protocol-stack in Multicomputer Operating System for UnIX (MOSIX) 1.5.7 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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