Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU99941

Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2004-1017

Published: December 31, 2004 / Updated: October 11, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU99941

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2004-1017

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Multiple 'overflows' in the io_edgeport driver for Linux kernel 2.4.x have unknown impact and unknown attack vectors.

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