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high 7.5

CVE-2005-0706 json

Buffer overflow in discdb.c for grip 3.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by cau…

published 2005-03-09 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0707

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in discdb.c for grip 3.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing the cddb lookup to return more matches than expected.

Patch / fix

  • grip Debian 14, Debian 13 3.2.0-4
  • libcdaudio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.99.9-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0706

  • gnome-vfs2 RHEL 3 2.2.5-2E.3.3
  • gnome-vfs2 RHEL 4 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2
  • gnome-vfs RHEL 2.1 1.0.1-18.2
  • gnome-vfs2-smb RHEL 4 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0005

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0706 updated

grip,libcdaudio: buffer overflow caused by large amount of CDDB replies

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 gnome-vfs2 2.2.5-2E.3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 gnome-vfs 1.0.1-18.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 gnome-vfs2 2.2.5-2E.3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gnome-vfs2 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2, gnome-vfs2-smb 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gnome-vfs2 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2, gnome-vfs2-smb 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 gnome-vfs 1.0.1-18.2
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 gnome-vfs2 2.2.5-2E.3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gnome-vfs2 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2, gnome-vfs2-smb 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 gnome-vfs 1.0.1-18.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 gnome-vfs2 2.2.5-2E.3.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gnome-vfs2 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2, gnome-vfs2-smb 2.8.2-8.7.el4_7.2 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 gnome-vfs 1.0.1-18.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0005

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Exploit prediction

4.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.