VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1019
Buffer overflow in the getConfig function in Aeon 0.2a and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the getConfig function in Aeon 0.2a and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- aeon/aeon
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111262942708249&w=2
- http://security-tmp.h14.ru/exploits/23laeon.c.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19951
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111262942708249&w=2
- http://security-tmp.h14.ru/exploits/23laeon.c.txtExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19951
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.