CVE-2004-0812

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-04-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in the Linux kernel before 2.4.23, on the AMD AMD64 and Intel EM64T architectures, associated with "setting up TSS limits," allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.4.0, 2.4.0-test1, 2.4.0-test10, 2.4.0-test11, 2.4.0-test12, 2.4.0-test2 (+46)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0

References

http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403fad673ber4GuU7iWppydzNIyLntEQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/13359
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-047.shtml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11794
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18346
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11375
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403fad673ber4GuU7iWppydzNIyLntEQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/13359
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-047.shtml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11794

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