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CVE-2004-0177
The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The ext3 code in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26 does not properly initialize journal descriptor blocks, which causes an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the ext3 file system, which allows privileged users to obtain portions of kernel memory by reading the raw device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (24)
- O-127 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 2004-0020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- FLSA:2336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-482 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-479 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- linux-ext3-info-disclosure(15867) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-480 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 10152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLA-2004:846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- DSA-489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10556 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ESA-20040428-004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ENGARDEx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:505 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- O-121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- O-126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200407-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%404056b368s6vpJbGWxDD_LhQNYQrdzQ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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