{"id":"CVE-2005-0749","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-0749","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:29:53.112Z","title":"The load_elf_library in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a crafted ELF library or executable, which causes a free of an invalid pointer.","description":"The load_elf_library in the Linux kernel before 2.6.11.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a crafted ELF library or executable, which causes a free of an invalid pointer.","published":"2005-04-01T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:11:42.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00446,"percentile":0.38549,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19607","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-529.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12935","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19867","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10640","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/19607","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-293.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-366.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-529.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-551.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12935","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19867","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10640","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/103-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0749","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."}