Linux vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Linux is made by Red Hat. We track 252 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 27 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Red Hat lists newer releases under their own names, such as Linux Advanced Workstation, so check those pages too.
We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Linux listed under other names? Yes.
Red Hat also lists Linux under more specific names, such as Linux Advanced Workstation and Linux Desktop. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which Linux vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Linux's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Linux flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 79%CVE-2000-0917Critical
Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- 74%CVE-2000-0248Critical
The web GUI for the Linux Virtual Server (LVS) software in the Red Hat Linux Piranha package has a backdoor password that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- 66%CVE-2001-1013Medium
Apache on Red Hat Linux with with the UserDir directive enabled generates different error codes when a username exists and there is no public_html directory and when the username does not exist, which could allow...
- 53%CVE-1999-0502High
A Unix account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.
- 52%CVE-2009-0714High
Unspecified vulnerability in the dpwinsup module (dpwinsup.dll) for dpwingad (dpwingad.exe) in HP Data Protector Express and Express SSE 3.x before build 47065, and Express and Express SSE 4.x before build 46537,...
- 45%CVE-1999-0043Critical
Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and "rmgroup" control messages, and others.
- 42%CVE-2000-0322Critical
The passwd.php3 CGI script in the Red Hat Piranha Virtual Server Package allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
- 41%CVE-2003-0434High
Various PDF viewers including (1) Adobe Acrobat 5.06 and (2) Xpdf 1.01 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an embedded hyperlink.
- 40%CVE-1999-0368Critical
Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a.
- 29%CVE-1999-0009Critical
Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases.
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Format string vulnerability in use_syslog() function in LPRng 3.6.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
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We track 252 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Linux, across 27 versions.
None of Linux's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
Red Hat also lists Linux under more specific names, such as Linux Advanced Workstation and Linux Desktop. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
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