01 Record
CVE-2005-0736
Integer overflow in sys_epoll_wait in eventpoll.c for Linux kernel 2.6 to 2.6.11 allows local users to overwrite kernel memory via a large number of events.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Integer overflow in sys_epoll_wait in eventpoll.c for Linux kernel 2.6 to 2.6.11 allows local users to overwrite kernel memory via a large number of events.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-03-13 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4863884c10161e962396cf310172cae302e9abaaad446c4df2ac554947016cdd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:366http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
- www.securityfocus.com12763http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12763
- linux.bkbits.net:8080http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%40422dd06a1p5PsyFhoGAJseinjEq3ew?nav=index.html%7CChangeSet%40-1d
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:018http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
- lists.grok.org.uk20050309 overwriting low kernel memoryhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-March/032314.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9870https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9870
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:293http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-95-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/95-1/