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CVE-2005-2458

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2458 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the zlib routines within the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions prior to 2.6.12.5. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by providing a compressed file containing "improper tables," leading to a kernel crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0396 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-40.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2458Low

security flaw

Jun 25, 1999

References

kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5
secunia.com / advisories/16355
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16500
secunia.com / advisories/17826
secunia.com / advisories/17918
secunia.com / advisories/18056
secunia.com / advisories/18059
secunia.com / advisories/18510
secunia.com / advisories/18684
secunia.com / advisories/19252
sources.redhat.com / ml/bug-gnu-utils/1999-06/msg00183.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10785
usn.ubuntu.com / 169-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-921
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-922
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/14719