CVE-2005-1265 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1265?

CVE-2005-1265 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mmap function in the Linux Kernel 2.6.10 can be used to create memory maps with a start address beyond the end address, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1265?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1265?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-1265 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1265 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-4j46-w4mp-vj6h.