CVE-2005-3694 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
centericq 4.20.0-r3 with "Enable peer-to-peer communications" set allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via short zero-length packets, and possibly packets of length 1 or 2, as demonstrated using Nessus.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 11.99% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-11-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| centericq | centericq |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CenterICQ 4.20/4.5 - Packet Handling Remote Denial of Service | 2005-11-29 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334089
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18081
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-912
- http://www.osvdb.org/21270
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15649
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100519
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23327
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334089
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18081
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200512-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-912
- http://www.osvdb.org/21270
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15649
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100519
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23327
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