CVE-2004-0077

CVE-2004-0077 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the do_mremap function within the Linux kernel (versions 2.2 through 2.6.2). This flaw, affecting various Linux distributions, stems from improper handling of return values from do_munmap when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it represents a high-severity vulnerability allowing an authenticated local attacker to gain root privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.