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CVE-2004-0535 — LOW severity vulnerability (The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does no)

The e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported as a "buffer overflow" by some sources.

CVE IDCVE-2004-0535
SeverityLOW
CVSS score2.1
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2004-08-06
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionThe e1000 driver for Linux kernel 2.4.26 and earlier does not properly initialize memory before using it, which allows local users to read portions of kernel memory. NOTE: this issue was originally incorrectly reported as a "buffer overflow" by some sources.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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