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CVE-2011-1747

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1747 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the agp subsystem of the Linux kernel versions 2.6.38.5 and earlier. Local users can exploit this by repeatedly calling the AGPIOC_RESERVE and AGPIOC_ALLOCATE ioctls, leading to excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (medium severity), indicating a local attack vector with medium attack complexity, resulting in a complete denial of service. 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
< 2.6.38.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1747

kernel: agp: possible kernel mem exhaustion via AGPIOC_RESERVE and AGPIOC_ALLOCATE ioctls

Apr 14, 2011

References

git.kernel.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/21/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/10
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/04/22/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lkml.org / lkml/2011/4/14/294
Third Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38.5
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/47832
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry