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CVE-2005-2040: telnetd

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-2040DSA-758-1
Published 21-06-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2040 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in telnetd. EPSS estimates a 2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.4% 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
2.84%
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. 21-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.84% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.84%

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
  • heimdal< 0.6.3-11 | < 0.4e-7.woody.10 | < 0.6.3-10sarge1
Telnetd1 product
  • telnetd0.3f | 0.4a | 0.4b | 0.4c | 0.4d | 0.4e | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.6 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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