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CVE-2005-0876: dnsmasq

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-0876
Published 26-03-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0876 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in dnsmasq. EPSS estimates a 2.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.60%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-03-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Dnsmasq before 2.21 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via the DHCP lease file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.60% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.60%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • dnsmasq< 2.21
Dnsmasq1 product
  • dnsmasq2.14 | 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.18 | 2.19 | 2.20

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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