VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3783
CVSS score4.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-11-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
The ptrace functionality (ptrace.c) in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.14.2, using CLONE_THREAD, does not use the thread group ID to check whether it is attaching to itself, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash).