CVE-2005-3149
Uim 0.4.x before 0.4.9.1 and 0.5.0 and earlier does not properly handle the LIBUIM_VANILLA environment variable when a suid or sgid application is linked to libuim, such as immodule for Qt, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Uim 0.4.x before 0.4.9.1 and 0.5.0 and earlier does not properly handle the LIBUIM_VANILLA environment variable when a suid or sgid application is linked to libuim, such as immodule for Qt, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- uim/uim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331620Patch
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.htmlPatch
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001347.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17043Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17572
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015002
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-895
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-03.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15007
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1946
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1947
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=331620Patch
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.htmlPatch
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001347.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17043Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17058
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17572
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015002
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-895
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-03.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15007
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1946
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1947
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.