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CVE-2005-0757

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0757 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (64-bit systems) related to backported xattr file system code. Improper handling of offsets when extended attributes are enabled on an ext3 file system allows a local attacker to crash the system. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low severity with local access required and only a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_servers:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 44th 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-0:2.4.21-32.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0757Moderate

security flaw

May 18, 2005

References

secunia.com / advisories/18056
secunia.com / advisories/18059
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11406
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-921
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/13680