CVE-2004-1234

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

load_elf_binary in Linux before 2.4.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an ELF binary in which the interpreter is NULL.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.4.0; 2.4.0-test1, 2.4.0-test10, 2.4.0-test11, 2.4.0-test12, 2.4.0-test2, 2.4.0-test3 (+54)

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=142965
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%404076466d_SqUm4azg4_v3FIG2-X6XQ
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.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-689.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-016.html

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