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CVE-2005-0003

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0003 describes a denial-of-service or arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.10 on 64-bit architectures, specifically impacting 64-bit ELF support. This flaw arises from improper checks for overlapping Virtual Memory Address (VMA) allocations, allowing local users to exploit it with a specially crafted ELF or a.out file. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:mn100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:avaya:network_routing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:avaya:converged_communications_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:avaya:s8710:r2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:avaya:s8710:r2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-27.0.2.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0003

security flaw

Dec 17, 2004

References

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