CVE-2005-1858

Exp

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.

Published: 2005-06-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1858

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25789 exploit_db edb 2005-06-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1858

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1858

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1858

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1858

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

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1858

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fuse fuse 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:fuse:fuse:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fuse fuse 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:fuse:fuse:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fuse fuse 2.3_pre cpe:2.3:a:fuse:fuse:2.3_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fuse fuse 2.3_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:fuse:fuse:2.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1858

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