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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4639

CVE-2005-4639

Description

Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by "reading more than 8 bytes into an 8 byte long array".

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

27
  • Linux/Kernel27 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 26 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.6.15

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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