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CVE-2005-0177

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
07/03/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

nls_ascii.c in Linux before 2.6.8.1 uses an incorrect table size, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a buffer overflow.

Impact

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

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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