CVE-2005-0753

Buffer overflow in CVS before 1.11.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2005-04-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0753 is rated Moderate Risk (61.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.75%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0753

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 2026-06-15 5.35% 4.75% -0.61%
2 2025-07-05 4.65% 5.35% +0.71%
3 2025-03-30 4.65%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0753

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-2005-0753

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0753

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0753 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cvs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0753
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0753
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0753 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cvs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0753

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0753

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cvs cvs 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1_p1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.14 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.15 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.16 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0753

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