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CVE-2005-1768

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1768 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel's ia32 compatibility code for the execve system call, affecting versions 2.4 before 2.4.31 and 2.6 before 2.6.6. This vulnerability allows local users to trigger a kernel panic, leading to a denial of service, and potentially execute arbitrary code. The attack requires high attack complexity (AC:H) due to the race condition, but can result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 747 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 0.2 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 (3)

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 AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-1768Important

security flaw

Jul 4, 2005

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/15980
secunia.com / advisories/17002
secunia.com / advisories/18059
secunia.com / advisories/19185
secunia.com / advisories/19607
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11117
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-921
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_44_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14205
suresec.org / advisories/adv4.pdf
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1878