CVE-2005-1763

Buffer overflow in ptrace in the Linux Kernel for 64-bit architectures allows local users to write bytes into kernel memory.

Published: 2005-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1763 is rated Moderate Risk (40.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1763

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.41% +0.37%
2 2023-03-07 1.10% 0.05% -1.06%
3 2023-02-13 — 1.10% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1763

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1763

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1763

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1763
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1763 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (linux-source-2.6.17), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 2, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1763

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1763

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell linux_desktop 9 cpe:2.3:o:novell:linux_desktop:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1763

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