4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.8%
The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users
to cause a denial of service (panic) by running lsof a large number of
times in a way that produces a heavy system load.