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CVE-2004-1058

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1058 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel 2.6 that allows a local attacker to read environment variables of a process still in the spawning phase by accessing its /proc/.../cmdline entry. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a low-impact information disclosure with high attack complexity, affecting various Linux distributions. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog. Despite its age and low severity, the vulnerability has garnered a notable amount of community discussion, with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.2LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-27.0.4.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1058Low

security flaw

Aug 23, 2004

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/18684
secunia.com / advisories/19038
secunia.com / advisories/19369
secunia.com / advisories/19607
secunia.com / advisories/21476
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17151
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10427
usn.ubuntu.com / 38-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1018
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-24.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11052
securityfocus.com / bid/11937
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