Buffer overflow in the environment variable substitution code in main.c in OSH 1.7-14 allows local users to inject arbitrary environment variables, such as LD_PRELOAD, via pathname arguments of the form "$VAR/EVAR=arg", which cause the EVAR portion to be appended to a buffer returned by a getenv function call.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3346 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.85%). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1300 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-11-09 | 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 | 0.19% | 0.85% | +0.65% |
| 2 | 2025-03-19 | 0.33% | 0.19% | -0.13% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.33% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-3346 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (osh), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3346 |