CVE-2005-1123

Monkey daemon (monkeyd) before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a request for a zero byte file.

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-2005-1123 is rated Moderate Risk (46.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.59%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1123

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 0.84% 1.59% +0.75%
2 2024-12-17 1.04% 0.84% -0.20%
3 2024-03-23 — 1.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1123

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:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1123

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1123

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2005-1123: 1 GLSA(s) (200504-14), 1 atom(s) (www-servers/monkeyd); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1123

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1123

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
monkey-project monkey <= 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.4:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1123

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