CVE-2001-0914 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 2.4.11pre3, affecting multiple Linux distributions including SUSE. Local users can exploit this by initiating the core vmlinux kernel, likely due to insufficient error checking during ELF loading. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial system availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit codes in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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