{"cve":"CVE-2005-2553","nvd":{"published":"2005-08-12T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:15:11.523","status":"Modified","description":"The find_target function in ptrace32.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.x before 2.4.29 does not properly handle a NULL return value from another function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel crash/oops) by running a 32-bit ltrace program with the -i option on a 64-bit executable program.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%4041dd3455GwQPufrGvBJjcUOXQa3WXA","http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html","http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/1/5/245","http://secunia.com/advisories/17002","http://secunia.com/advisories/18059"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-2553","score":0.0055,"percentile":0.46004,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}