CVE-2005-0087

The alsa-lib package in Red Hat Linux 4 disables stack protection for the libasound.so library, which makes it easier for attackers to execute arbitrary code if there are other vulnerabilities in the library.

Published: 2005-04-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0087 is rated Low Risk (25.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0087

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 2.17% 0.04% -2.13%
3 2022-02-04 2.17%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0087

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0087

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0087

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-0087 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (alsa-lib), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0087
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0087
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0087 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (alsa-lib), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0087

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0087

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alsa-project alsa-lib 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:alsa-project:alsa-lib:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0087

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