Buffer overflow in Ktools
CVE-2005-3863
Stack-based buffer overflow in kkstrtext.h in ktools library 0.3 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) centericq, (2) orpheus, (3) motor, and (4) groan, allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter to the VGETSTRING macro.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.052 (92.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.052 · newest: 0.052 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/21684 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17768 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2062 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20368 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-27.xml (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-11.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1088 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15600 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/20446 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=8480/ (Vendor Advisory)