2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
0.4%
Integer overflow in the vc_resize function in the Linux kernel 2.4 and 2.6 before 2.6.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a short new screen value, which leads to a buffer overflow.
secunia.com/advisories/17826
secunia.com/advisories/20162
secunia.com/advisories/20163
secunia.com/advisories/20202
secunia.com/advisories/20338
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082
www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_2.html
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/11956
www.securitytrap.com/mail/full-disclosure/2004/Dec/0323.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=152532
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18523
usn.ubuntu.com/47-1/