CVE-2005-2492

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The raw_sendmsg function in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (change hardware state) or read from arbitrary memory via crafted input.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 14, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-2492: Low severity, CVSS 3.6 | Vulnix