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CVE-2005-4639

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.47%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2005-4639
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.47%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by "reading more than 8 bytes into an 8 byte long array".