CVE-2004-1071

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, does not properly handle a failed call to the mmap function, which causes an incorrect mapped image and may allow local users to 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 (+88)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0
RedHat Fedora Core: core_2.0, core_3.0
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1
Suse Linux: 1.0, 8, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 (+1)
Trustix Secure Linux: 1.5, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2
Turbolinux Server: 10.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
http://secunia.com/advisories/20162
http://secunia.com/advisories/20163
http://secunia.com/advisories/20202
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082
http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022

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