CVE-2004-1074

CVE-2004-1074 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's binfmt functionality, specifically affecting versions 2.4.x and 2.6.x, as well as distributions like Red Hat, SUSE, Trustix, and TurboLinux. When memory overcommit is enabled, a local attacker can trigger a kernel oops by providing a malformed a.out binary. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low impact (partial availability) and local attack vector with low complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for a local denial-of-service/memory disclosure exploit, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.