CVE-2005-4733 — NetBSD 2.0 before 20050316 and NetBSD-current before 20050112 allow local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) by calling the F_CLOSEM fcntl with a parameter value of 0

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NetBSD 2.0 before 20050316 and NetBSD-current before 20050112 allow local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) by calling the F_CLOSEM fcntl with a parameter value of 0

Published Mar 19, 2006

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

NetBSD 2.0 before 20050316 and NetBSD-current before 20050112 allow local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) by calling the F_CLOSEM fcntl with a parameter value of 0.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00338

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00338

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	0.34% (0.00338)	24.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00339)	25.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00051)	12.92th	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	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-003.txt.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDVendor Advisory
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/01/12/0059.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/20755
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-003.txt.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSDVendor Advisory
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/01/12/0059.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/20755		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 19, 2006

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Mar 19, 2006

Link CVE-2005-4733

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4733

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-4733