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CVE-2005-2490

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.56%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-09-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2005-2490
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.56%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.