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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-3185 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10, (2) curl 7.13.2, and (3) libcurl 7.13.2, and othe…

published 2005-10-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3184

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.2%
EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ntlm_output function in http-ntlm.c for (1) wget 1.10, (2) curl 7.13.2, and (3) libcurl 7.13.2, and other products that use libcurl, when NTLM authentication is enabled, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via a long NTLM username.

Patch / fix

  • curl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7.15.0-1
  • wget Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3185

  • wget RHEL 3 1.10.2-0.30E
  • wget RHEL 4 1.10.2-0.40E

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:812

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-2005-3185 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 wget 1.10.2-0.30E, curl 7.10.6-7.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 wget 1.10.2-0.30E, curl 7.10.6-7.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 wget 1.10.2-0.40E, curl 7.12.1-6.rhel4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 wget 1.10.2-0.40E, curl 7.12.1-6.rhel4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 wget 1.10.2-0.30E, curl 7.10.6-7.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 wget 1.10.2-0.40E, curl 7.12.1-6.rhel4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 wget 1.10.2-0.30E, curl 7.10.6-7.rhel3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 wget 1.10.2-0.40E, curl 7.12.1-6.rhel4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:807

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Exploit prediction

5.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% 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

Classification

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

References

Sources

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