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high 7.5

CVE-2005-2772 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary co…

published 2005-09-02 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2773

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.0%
EPSS 10.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "+VIEWS:" reply, which is not properly handled in the VIfromLine function, and (2) certain arguments when launching third party programs such as a web browser from a web link, which is not properly handled in the FIOgetargv function.

Patch / fix

  • gopher Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.0.11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2772

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1187)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1187 Gopher 3.0.9 - '+VIEWS' Client-Side Buffer Overflow local, 2005-08-30
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14693 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

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