Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Linux Kernel's sendmsg Function Call

CVE-2005-2490 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sendmsg function call in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.13.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by calling sendmsg and modifying the message contents in another thread.

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