What is CVE-2005-3808?

CVE-2005-3808 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2005-3808 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-3808?

CVE-2005-3808 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2005-3808?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2005-3808 patch availability.

Is CVE-2005-3808 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-3808 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2005-3808

Medium

Integer overflow in the invalidate_inode_pages2_range function in mm/truncate.c in Linux kernel 2.6.11 to 2.6.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (hang) via 64-bit mmap calls that are not properly handled on a 32-bit system.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2005-11-25

Last modified 2026-04-16

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

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:C

References

11 total

Seclists
http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2005/Nov/7839.html

Patch Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cs=6d5ffbb49406

Patch
Lists
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18203
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18788

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2005-3808

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2005-11-25

Modified 2026-04-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-3808?

CVE-2005-3808 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2005-3808 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-3808?

CVE-2005-3808 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2005-3808?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2005-3808 patch availability.
Is CVE-2005-3808 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2005-3808 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.