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CVE-2005-1763

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1763 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ptrace function of the Linux Kernel on 64-bit architectures, allowing local users to write arbitrary bytes into kernel memory. This critical vulnerability affects Novell Linux Desktop, Novell SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Desktop, and SUSE SUSE Linux. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:linux_desktop:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1763Important

security flaw

May 20, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/17073
secunia.com / advisories/18056
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10182
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_29_kernel.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/13903