CVE-2005-2626

Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID.

Published: 2005-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2626 is rated High Risk (70.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.68%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2626

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 3.94% 3.68% -0.26%
2 2025-03-30 11.30% 3.94% -7.36%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.30% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2626

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2626

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2626

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2005-2626: 1 GLSA(s) (200508-10), 1 atom(s) (net-wireless/kismet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-2626
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2626/
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2626 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kismet), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2626

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2626

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kismet kismet 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2.8.0a cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2004-02_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-02_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2004-04_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-04_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2004-04_r1a cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-04_r1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2004-10_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2004-10_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2005-01_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-01_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2005-04_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-04_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2005-06_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-06_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2005-07_bsd cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-07_bsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2005-07_r1 cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-07_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kismet kismet 2005-07_r1a cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2005-07_r1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2626

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