VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2004-0138

CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

The ELF loader in Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.25 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted ELF file with an interpreter with an invalid arch (architecture), which triggers a BUG() when an invalid VMA is unmapped.

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