{"id":"CVE-2005-2617","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-2617","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:41.652Z","title":"The syscall32_setup_pages function in syscall32.c for Linux kernel 2.6.12 and later, on the 64-bit x86 platform, does not check the return value of the insert_vm_struct function, which allows local users to trigger a memory leak via a 32-bit application…","description":"The syscall32_setup_pages function in syscall32.c for Linux kernel 2.6.12 and later, on the 64-bit x86 platform, does not check the return value of the insert_vm_struct function, which allows local users to trigger a memory leak via a 32-bit application with crafted ELF headers.","published":"2005-08-17T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:15:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":3.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00335,"percentile":0.26659,"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 (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9fb1759a3102c26cd8f64254a7c3e532782c2bb8","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2617","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."}