CVE-2005-0736: conectiva linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-0736 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in conectiva linux. EPSS estimates a 2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 13-03-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in sys_epoll_wait in eventpoll.c for Linux kernel 2.6 to 2.6.11 allows local users to overwrite kernel memory via a large number of events.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.09%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
81%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.09% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Linux Kernel 2.6.9 < 2.6.11 (RHEL 4) - 'SYS_EPoll_Wait' Local Integer Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation
Maturity: weaponized
Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'SYS_EPoll_Wait' Local Integer Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation (1)
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Redhat3 products
- enterprise_linuxEOL4.0
- enterprise_linux_desktop4.0
- fedora_corecore_2.0 | core_3.0
Conectiva1 product
- linux10.0
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.9:2.6.20 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.11
3 vendors · 5 products
References
8 links- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-March/032314.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISCPatchVendor Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9870VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL