CVE-2005-2658

Buffer overflow in utility.cpp in Turquoise SuperStat (turqstat) 2.2.4 and earlier might allow remote NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a date with a long month.

Published: 2005-09-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2658 is rated Moderate Risk (59.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2658

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 1.59% 2.48% +0.89%
2 2025-03-30 2.13% 1.59% -0.54%
3 2025-03-29 2.13%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2658

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2658

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2658

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2658 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (turqstat), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2658

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2658

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
softwolves_software turquoise_superstat <= 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:softwolves_software:turquoise_superstat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
softwolves_software turquoise_superstat 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:softwolves_software:turquoise_superstat:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2658

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