Format string vulnerability in PeerCast 0.1211 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the URL.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1806 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.94%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43826 | exploit_db | edb | 2015-05-28 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 1055 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-06-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 18.25% | 11.94% | -6.31% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 17.93% | 18.25% | +0.32% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 17.93% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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high | CVE-2005-1806: 1 GLSA(s) (200506-15), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/peercast); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1806 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111746603629979&w=2 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15536 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15753 | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-15.xml | |
| http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00077-05282005 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.peercast.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11596 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0651 |