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CVE-2004-0812

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0812 describes an unknown vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.23, specifically impacting AMD64 and Intel EM64T architectures. This flaw, related to "setting up TSS limits," could allow a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (system crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access with low attack complexity, primarily leading to availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 64th 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-20.0.1.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0812

security flaw

Nov 8, 2003

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%403fad673ber4GuU7iWppydzNIyLntEQ
secunia.com / advisories/13359
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18346
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11375
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-047.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/11794
PatchVendor Advisory