{"id":"CVE-2004-0596","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-0596","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:34.857Z","title":"The Equalizer Load-balancer for serial network interfaces (eql.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a non-existent device name that triggers a null dereference.","description":"The Equalizer Load-balancer for serial network interfaces (eql.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a non-existent device name that triggers a null dereference.","published":"2004-08-06T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:05:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00385,"percentile":0.32367,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4040d4aa72hPLWy-jMLr0eJAXMxHcNZg","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10730","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16694","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%4040d4aa72hPLWy-jMLr0eJAXMxHcNZg","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10730","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16694","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0596","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}