CVE-2005-1263

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The elf_core_dump function in binfmt_elf.c for Linux kernel 2.x.x to 2.2.27-rc2, 2.4.x to 2.4.31-pre1, and 2.6.x to 2.6.12-rc4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an ELF binary that, in certain conditions involving the create_elf_tables function, causes a negative length argument to pass a signed integer comparison, leading to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5 (+122)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19185
http://secunia.com/advisories/19607
http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0023-coredump.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-472.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/archive/1/397966
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13589

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