CVE-2005-0575

Exp

Buffer overflow in Stormy Studios Knet 1.04c and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0575 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.60%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0575

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24950 exploit_db edb 2013-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗
24897 exploit_db edb 2013-03-29 Exploit-DB ↗
843 exploit_db edb 2005-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0575

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 2026-02-18 58.80% 39.60% -19.20%
2 2025-03-30 5.95% 58.80% +52.85%
3 2025-03-29 5.95%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0575

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-2005-0575

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0575

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
stormy_studios knet 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:stormy_studios:knet:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stormy_studios knet 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:stormy_studios:knet:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stormy_studios knet 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:stormy_studios:knet:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stormy_studios knet 1.4b cpe:2.3:a:stormy_studios:knet:1.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
stormy_studios knet 1.4c cpe:2.3:a:stormy_studios:knet:1.4c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0575

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