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CVE-2005-4811

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4811 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the hugepage code (hugetlb.c) of the Linux kernel, specifically versions 2.6, 2.6.12, and 2.6.13, under certain configurations. A local attacker can trigger a system crash by causing an mmap error before a prefault, leading to an issue in the unmap_hugepage_area function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the sole impact being system availability. 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
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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-0:2.6.9-42.0.3.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4811Important

security flaw

Aug 5, 2005

References

marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/22292
secunia.com / advisories/22945
secunia.com / advisories/25714
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10976
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1304
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
securityfocus.com / bid/20362