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CVE-2004-0077

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/03/2004
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded, which allows local users to gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0985.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:bigmem_kernel:2.4.20-8:*:i686:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kernel:2.4.20-8:*:athlon_smp:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kernel:2.4.20-8:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kernel:2.4.20-8:*:i686_smp:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kernel_doc:2.4.20-8:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:kernel_source:2.4.20-8:*:i386_src:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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