{"cve":"CVE-2003-0985","nvd":{"published":"2004-01-20T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:03:17.710","status":"Modified","description":"The mremap system call (do_mremap) in Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.21, and possibly other versions before 2.4.24, does not properly perform bounds checks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges by causing a remapping of a virtual memory area (VMA) to create a zero length VMA, a different vulnerability than CAN-2004-0077.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040102-01-U","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-01/0070.html","http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000799","http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.3/updates/IMNX-2004-73-001-01","http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0013-mremap.txt"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:37:11.487553034+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2003-0985","score":0.01233,"percentile":0.69008,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}