CVE-2005-0390

Buffer overflow in the HTTP redirection capability in conn.c for Axel before 1.0b may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0390 is rated Moderate Risk (60.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.10%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0390

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 2025-03-30 4.59% 4.10% -0.48%
2 2025-03-29 4.10% 4.59% +0.48%
3 2025-03-17 4.10%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0390

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0390

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0390

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0390 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (axel), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0390
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0390 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (axel), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0390

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0390

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
axel axel 1.0a cpe:2.3:a:axel:axel:1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0390

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