CVE-2005-0837

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IceCast 2.20 allows remote attackers to bypass the XSL parser and obtain the source for XSL files via a request for a .xsl file with a trailing . (dot).

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0837 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.45%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2005-0837

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0837

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 0.19% 2.45% +2.26%
2 2026-04-30 0.53% 0.19% -0.34%
3 2025-07-05 — 0.53% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0837

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0837

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0837

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-0837 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (icecast2), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): open 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0837
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0837 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (icecast-server), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0837

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0837

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icecast icecast 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icecast icecast 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icecast icecast 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icecast icecast 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icecast icecast 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0837

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