What is CVE-2005-4811?

CVE-2005-4811 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2005-4811 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-4811?

CVE-2005-4811 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-2005-4811?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2005-4811 patch availability.

Is CVE-2005-4811 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-4811 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2005-4811

Medium

The hugepage code (hugetlb.c) in Linux kernel 2.6, possibly 2.6.12 and 2.6.13, in certain configurations, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering an mmap error before a prefault, which causes an error in the unmap_hugepage_area function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2005-12-31

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

10 total

Marc
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=112323336017157
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
Support
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2005-4811

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2005-12-31

Modified 2026-04-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-4811?

CVE-2005-4811 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2005-4811 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-4811?

CVE-2005-4811 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-2005-4811?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2005-4811 patch availability.
Is CVE-2005-4811 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2005-4811 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.