CVE-2005-1545

Integer overflow in the ELF parser in HT Editor before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published: 2005-05-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1545 is rated Moderate Risk (50.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.91%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1545

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 2025-03-30 2.42% 2.91% +0.49%
2 2025-03-29 2.91% 2.42% -0.49%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.91% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1545

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1545

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1545

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-1545 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ht), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1545
gentoo normal CVE-2005-1545: 1 GLSA(s) (200505-08), 1 atom(s) (app-editors/hteditor); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1545
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1545 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ht), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1545

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1545

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ht_editor ht_editor 0.3.991 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.3.991:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.3.992 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.3.992:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.4b cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.4c cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.4c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.4d cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.6.0b cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.6.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ht_editor ht_editor 2000-01-14 cpe:2.3:a:ht_editor:ht_editor:2000-01-14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1545

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