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CVE-2004-0554

Published: Jun 15, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 46.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x for x86 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly via an infinite loop that triggers a signal handler with a certain sequence of fsave and frstor instructions, as originally demonstrated using a "crash.c" program.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
converged communications serveravayaCommunications
modular messaging message storage serveravayaCommunications
linuxgentoo
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
avayacommercialUSCommunicationsaka avaya communication manager, s8300
gentoooss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gentoo linux
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
and 15 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-1070/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1073
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1072
cve.mitre.org
and 54 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jun 15, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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