CVE-2005-0158
Format string vulnerability in bidwatcher before 1.3.17 allows remote malicious web servers from eBay, or a spoofed eBay server, to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain responses.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in bidwatcher before 1.3.17 allows remote malicious web servers from eBay, or a spoofed eBay server, to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain responses.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.91% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- bidwatcher/bidwatcher
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-687Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-06.xmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-687Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-06.xmlPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.