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CVE-2005-1768
Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows…
Low3.7EPSS 0.48%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Race condition in the ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a concurrent thread that increments a pointer count after the nargs function has counted the pointers, but before the count is copied from user space to kernel space, which leads to a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 58% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 20050711 [ Suresec Advisories ] - Linux kernel ia32 compatibility (ia64/x86-64) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 15980 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1014442 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18059 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-921 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:551 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17002 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.suresec.org/advisories/adv4.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:663 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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