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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2005-3712 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long ex…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3709

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync in Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long extended attributes.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

3.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.