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CVE-2005-2490
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.56%
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- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 54% 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: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (24)
- MDKSA-2005:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 17073 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-178-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 2005-0049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:514 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17002 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14785 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 17918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:663 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 16747 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:219 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1878 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- kernel-sendmsg-bo(22217) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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