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CVE-2005-0210

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0210 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Netfilter within Linux kernel version 2.6.8.1, allowing local users to exhaust memory by reassembling packet fragments twice. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 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 0.4 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-37.EL
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-5.0.5.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0210Moderate

security flaw

Jan 30, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
Patch
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
secunia.com / advisories/14295
secunia.com / advisories/17002
secunia.com / advisories/17826
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10275
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 14966
securityfocus.com / bid/12816
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1878