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CVE-2005-2492

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2492 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the raw_sendmsg function of the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.13.1, affecting various distributions including Canonical, Red Hat, and generic Linux kernels. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 3.6) allows local users to cause a denial of service by changing hardware state or reading arbitrary memory through crafted input, requiring local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 69th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2492Important

security flaw

Sep 9, 2005

References

marc.info
Mailing List
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
secunia.com / advisories/16747
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17073
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17918
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22218
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11031
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
Not Applicable
securityfocus.com / archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/14787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-178-1
Third Party Advisory