FUSE 2.x before 2.3.0 does not properly clear previously used memory from unfilled pages when the filesystem returns a short byte count to a read request, which may allow local users to obtain sensitive information.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1858 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Core evidence: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25789 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-06-06 | 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 | 2025-03-30 | 0.26% | 0.18% | -0.08% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.18% | 0.26% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.18% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2005-1858 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (fuse), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1858 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2005-1858 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fuse), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1858 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/311634 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15561/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16024 | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014107 | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=331884 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-744 | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/17042 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13857 | |
| http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/fuse/fuse_20050603.txt | Vendor Advisory |