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CVE-2005-2708

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2708 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux 2.4 kernel on 64-bit x86 architectures. Specifically, the search_binary_handler function in exec.c fails to properly check a return code when virtual memory is low, allowing a local attacker to trigger a kernel panic. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, resulting in a potential impact of system availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

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
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 76th 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-37.0.1.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
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2708Important

security flaw

Jun 28, 2005

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18523
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18562
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18684
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10649
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0140.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16320