security flaw
Published Feb 27, 2006
1.7
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
Various routines for the ppc64 architecture on Linux kernel 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 do not use the copy_from_user function when copying data from userspace to kernelspace, which crosses security boundaries and allows local users to cause a denial of service.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.0
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.18
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.19
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.21
- 2.4.22
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23
- 2.4.23_ow2
- 2.4.24
- 2.4.24_ow1
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
kernel-0:2.4.21-9.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2004:017
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | kernel-0:2.4.21-9.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2004:017 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00348) | 25.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e3xPZCpibrXq6KRRjwqw x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0986 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617116 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0986
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0986
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403fdd54b3u9Eq0Wny2Nn1HGfI3pofOQ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset%403ffcf122S7e3xPZCpibrXq6KRRjwqw | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-017.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0986 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617116 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0986 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9707 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0986 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.