Vulnerability in Synaesthesia

CVE-2005-0070

Synaesthesia 2.1 and earlier, and possibly other versions, when installed setuid root, does not drop privileges before processing configuration and mixer files, which allows local users to read arbitrary files.

Published 2005-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Synaesthesia

References

secunia.com/advisories/14300 (third-party-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-681 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/12546 (vdb-entry)
securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)