What is CVE-2005-2800?

CVE-2005-2800 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10. CVE-2005-2800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-2800?

CVE-2005-2800 has a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2005-2800?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2005-2800 patch availability.

Is CVE-2005-2800 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-2800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2005-2800

Low

Memory leak in the seq_file implementation in the SCSI procfs interface (sg.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.13 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via certain repeated reads from the /proc/scsi/sg/devices file, which is not properly handled when the next() iterator returns NULL or an error.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2005-09-06

Last modified 2026-04-16

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

2.1

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2005-2800 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

14 total

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2005-2800

Severity Low

CVSS score 2.1 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2005-09-06

Modified 2026-04-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-2800?

CVE-2005-2800 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10 . CVE-2005-2800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-2800?

CVE-2005-2800 has a CVSS score of 2.1 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2005-2800?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2005-2800 patch availability.
Is CVE-2005-2800 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2005-2800 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.