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CVE-2004-0535
The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read…
Low2.1EPSS 0.47%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported as a "buffer overflow" by some sources.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 10352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:418 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/testing/patch-2.4.27.log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-186 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- CLA-2004:845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125168 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- linux-e1000-bo(16159) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200407-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11136 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2004:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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