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CVE-2005-3358

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3358 is a local denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel prior to version 2.6.15. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by making a set_mempolicy call with a 0 bitmask, which then causes a system crash upon a subsequent page fault. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access to achieve a complete denial of service. While not on CISA's KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit (EDB-27031) is publicly available, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.14.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27031 · Jan 4, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 3,050 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-22.0.2.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3358Important

security flaw

Dec 13, 2005

References

linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%4042307e9fp8ihEMrfaoPMp_agDevQNA
lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/18216
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18510
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18788
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19038
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19374
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10410
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1017
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16135
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0035
Vendor Advisory