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CVE-2005-2490

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2490 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function of Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.13.1, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-0:2.6.9-22.EL
View patch
ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2490Important

security flaw

Sep 8, 2005

References

marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/16747
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17002
secunia.com / advisories/17073
secunia.com / advisories/17826
secunia.com / advisories/17918
secunia.com / advisories/19374
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22217
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10481
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1017
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.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/14785
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-178-1
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1878