{
    "id": "CVE-2003-0985",
    "published": "2004-01-20 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:03:17",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01233",
    "epss_percentile": "0.68173",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "145",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.4.23/2.6.0 - 'do_mremap()' Bound Checking Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2004-01-15",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/145"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "142",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.4.23/2.6.0 - 'do_mremap()' Bound Checking Validator (2)",
            "date": "2004-01-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/142"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "141",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.4.23/2.6.0 - 'do_mremap()' Bound Checking Validator (1)",
            "date": "2004-01-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/141"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://klecker.debian.org/~joey/security/kernel/patches/patch.CAN-2005-0528.mremap",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107332754521495&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107332782121916&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107340358402129&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107340814409017&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107350348418373&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107394143105081&w=2",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10532",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20163",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20202",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/20338",
        "http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/patch-tracking/CVE-2005-0528?op=file&rev=0&sc=0",
        "http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-045.shtml",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-413",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-417",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-427",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-439",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-440",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442"
    ]
}