$ cve CVE-2004-0077 JSON

CVE-2004-0077 EXPLOIT

7.2

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.4% (pctl 84)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The do_mremap function for the mremap system call in Linux 2.2 to 2.2.25, 2.4 to 2.4.24, and 2.6 to 2.6.2, does not properly check the return value from the do_munmap function when the maximum number of VMA descriptors is exceeded, which allows local users to gain root privileges, a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0985.

Scoring

CVSS	7.2 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	2.43% — more likely to be exploited than 84% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2004-03-03
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (7)

Vendor	Product
linux	linux kernel
netwosix	netwosix linux
redhat	bigmem kernel
redhat	kernel
redhat	kernel doc
redhat	kernel source
trustix	secure linux

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Linux Kernel 2.2.25/2.4.24/2.6.2 - 'mremap()' Local Privilege Escalation	2004-03-01
exploit-db	Linux Kernel 2.2.25/2.4.24/2.6.2 - 'mremap()' Validator	2004-02-18

References

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