CVE-2005-2457: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The driver for compressed ISO file systems (zisofs) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows local users and remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a crafted compressed ISO file system.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; …

Published 2005-08-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.