Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-0003

RCE

Title: Linux kernel ELF support VMA allocation DoS/RCE

RCE, DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-0003.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 14, 2005

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-0003: The 64 bit ELF support in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.10, on 64-bit architectures, does not properly check for overlapping VMA (virtual memory address) allocations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF or a.out file.

Impacted Vendors

mandrakesoft 1

avaya 8

Reference Links

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%4041c36fb6q1Z68WUzKQFjJR-40Ev3tw http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4041a6721cce-LoPqkzKXudYby_3TUmg http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012885 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12261 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18886 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9512 http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%4041c36fb6q1Z68WUzKQFjJR-40Ev3tw http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4041a6721cce-LoPqkzKXudYby_3TUmg http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://securitytracker.com/id?1012885 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-017.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-043.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12261 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0001/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18886 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9512

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-0003 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 14, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.