CVE-2005-1263: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The elf_core_dump function in binfmt_elf.c for Linux kernel 2.x.x to 2.2.27-rc2, 2.4.x to 2.4.31-pre1, and 2.6.x to 2.6.12-rc4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an ELF binary that, in certain conditions involving the create_elf_tables function, causes a negative length argument to pass a signed integer comparison, leading to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.2.0 only; version 2.2.1 only; version 2.2.2 only; version 2.2.3 only; version 2.2.4 only; version 2.2.5 only; …

Published 2005-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.