What is CVE-2005-3527?

CVE-2005-3527 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10. CVE-2005-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-3527?

CVE-2005-3527 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2005-3527?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2005-3527. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2005-3527 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2005-3527

Medium

Race condition in do_coredump in signal.c in Linux kernel 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service by triggering a core dump in one thread while another thread has a pending SIGSTOP.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2005-11-09

Last modified 2026-04-16

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2005-3527 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=788e05a67c343fa22f2ae1d3ca264e7f15c25eaf
Mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:018
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9806
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427981/100/0/threaded
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15723

Details

CVE ID CVE-2005-3527

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2005-11-09

Modified 2026-04-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-3527?

CVE-2005-3527 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10 . CVE-2005-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-3527?

CVE-2005-3527 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2005-3527?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2005-3527. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2005-3527 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2005-3527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.