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CVE-2005-1264
Raw character devices (raw.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.x call the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device, which crosses…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Raw character devices (raw.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.x call the wrong function before passing an ioctl to the block device, which crosses security boundaries by making kernel address space accessible from user space, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2005-1589.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20050516 Linux kernel pktcdvd and rawdevice ioctl break user space limit vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 13651 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050517 Re: Linux kernel pktcdvd and rawdevice ioctl break user space limit vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:420 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20050517 [PATCH] Fix root hole in raw device (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1267 (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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