CVE-2005-0581

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) License Client and Server 0.1.0.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) certain long fields in the Checksum item in a GCR request, (2) a long IP address, hostname, or netmask values in a GCR request, (3) a long last parameter in a GETCONFIG packet, or (4) long values in a request with an invalid format.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0581 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.25%, 99th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-0581

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16414 exploit_db edb 2010-11-03 Exploit-DB ↗
16745 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
16744 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
859 exploit_db edb 2005-03-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0581

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 2026-02-09 70.73% 71.25% +0.52%
2 2026-01-25 71.66% 70.73% -0.94%
3 2025-11-07 — 71.66% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0581

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-2005-0581

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0581

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom license_software 0.1.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:license_software:0.1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0581

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