CVE-2005-3523

Exp

Format string vulnerability in friendsd2 in GpsDrive allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the dir (direction) field.

Published: 2005-11-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3523 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.74%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-3523

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1291 exploit_db edb 2005-11-04 Exploit-DB ↗
1290 exploit_db edb 2005-11-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3523

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 42.10% 8.74% -33.36%
2 2026-02-12 24.80% 42.10% +17.30%
3 2025-06-02 — 24.80% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3523

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-2005-3523

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3523

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3523 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gpsdrive), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3523

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3523

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gpsdrive gpsdrive <= 2.09 cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gpsdrive gpsdrive <= 2.10pre2 cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3523

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