CVE-2005-1762

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: 2005-08-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ptrace call in the Linux kernel 2.6.8.1 and 2.6.10 for the AMD64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a "non-canonical" address.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.8.1, 2.6.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15786
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_29_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded

Get alerted when CVE-2005-1762 or the next vulnerability affects your stack