CVE-2005-4639

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by "reading more than 8 bytes into an 8 byte long array".

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.12-rc1, 2.6.12-rc4, 2.6.12-rc5, 2.6.12.1, 2.6.12.2, 2.6.12.3 (+20)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18216
http://secunia.com/advisories/18527
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16142
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43323
https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/18216
http://secunia.com/advisories/18527
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040

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