CVE-2005-1019

Exp

Buffer overflow in the getConfig function in Aeon 0.2a and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

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-2005-1019 is rated Exploit Available (54.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). 3 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-2005-1019

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
914 exploit_db edb 2005-04-05 Exploit-DB ↗
913 exploit_db edb 2005-04-05 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1019

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 2025-03-19 0.16% 0.14% -0.02%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.16% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1019

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1019

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1019

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aeon aeon 0.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:aeon:aeon:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aeon aeon 0.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:aeon:aeon:0.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aeon aeon 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:aeon:aeon:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aeon aeon 0.2a cpe:2.3:a:aeon:aeon:0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1019

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