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CVE-2005-0977

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0977 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the tmpfs driver within the Linux kernel 2.6, specifically affecting the shmem_nopage function. A local attacker could exploit this flaw by providing an invalid address, leading to a kernel crash. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:386:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:686:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:686_smp:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-5.0.5.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0977Moderate

security flaw

Feb 5, 2005

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%40420551fbRlv9-QG6Gw9Lw_bKVfPSsg
lkml.org / lkml/2005/2/5/111
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10400
usn.ubuntu.com / 103-1
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/12970