CVE-2005-0838

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the XSL parser for IceCast 2.20 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long test value in an xsl:when tag, (2) a long test value in an xsl:if tag, or (3) a long select value in an xsl:value-of tag.

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-2005-0838 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.45%, 95th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.74% 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-2005-0838

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25238 exploit_db edb 2005-03-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0838

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 3.71% 9.45% +5.74%
2 2026-04-30 4.17% 3.71% -0.46%
3 2025-04-15 — 4.17% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0838

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-2005-0838

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0838

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-0838 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-2005-0838

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0838

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icecast icecast 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0838

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