| Name | CVE-2005-0177 |
| Description | nls_ascii.c in Linux before 2.6.8.1 uses an incorrect table size, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a buffer overflow. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- kernel-source-2.4.27 <not-affected> (According to joshk, doesn't apply to 2.4.27)
- linux-2.6 <not-affected> (Fixed before upload into archive; 2.6.8.1)