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CVE-2005-3847

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3847 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.6.11 through 2.6.13 and 2.6.12.6, specifically impacting Debian Linux distributions. A local attacker can trigger a system deadlock by sending a SIGKILL signal to a real-time threaded process during a core dump. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being high availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.11, < 2.6.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.suse.de / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
Broken Link
marc.info
Mailing ListPatch
marc.info
Mailing ListPatch
secunia.com / advisories/19038
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19374
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1017
PatchVendor Advisory
kernel.org / git
Broken Link
kernel.org / git
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/16856
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry