CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1763

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in ptrace in the Linux Kernel for 64-bit architectures allows local users to write bytes into kernel memory.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges and gain full control over the system.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version that fixes this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in ptrace in the Linux Kernel for 64-bit architectures allows local users to write bytes into kernel memory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS