CVE-2005-0749

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2005-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The load_elf_library in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a crafted ELF library or executable, which causes a free of an invalid pointer.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 2.6.11.5; 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+251)

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6
http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/
http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-529.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12935
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19867
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10640

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