CVE-2005-1858: Fuse

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

FUSE 2.x before 2.3.0 does not properly clear previously used memory from unfilled pages when the filesystem returns a short byte count to a read request, which may allow local users to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

  • Fuse Fuse: version 2.2 only; version 2.2.1 only; version 2.3_pre only; version 2.3_rc1 only

Published 2005-06-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.