MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Sep 14, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.56%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6_test9_cvs
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
kernel-0:2.4.21-37.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2005:663
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2005:514
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | kernel-0:2.4.21-37.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2005:663 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-22.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2005:514 |
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.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.56% 0.00555
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00555
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 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 44.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 41.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00136) | 30.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 30.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (28)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112690609622266&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16747/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.13.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14785 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-178-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2490 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166248 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617724 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22217 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2490
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10481 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2490
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 14, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 8, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2490
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a