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CVE-2005-4635

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4635 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (before version 2.6.15), specifically within the nl_fib_input function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an invalid memory reference by sending malformed fib_lookup netlink messages due to insufficient length validation. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.15:pre16:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18216
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18788
kernel.org / git
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / bid/16139
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0035