CVE-2005-0504 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0504?

CVE-2005-0504 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the MoxaDriverIoctl function for the moxa serial driver (moxa.c) in Linux 2.2.x, 2.4.x, and 2.6.x before 2.6.22 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a certain modified length value.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0504?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0504?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-0504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-995p-5gwf-8prh.