CVE-2005-3678

Google Talk before 1.0.0.76, with email notification enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection reset) via email with a blank sender.

Published: 2005-11-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3678 is rated Moderate Risk (45.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3678

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 2025-03-17 0.62% 0.79% +0.17%
2 2024-10-25 0.67% 0.62% -0.05%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.67% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3678

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3678

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3678

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google talk <= 1.0.0.64 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google talk 1.0.0.66 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:1.0.0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google talk 1.0.0.67 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:1.0.0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google talk 1.0.0.68 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:1.0.0.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google talk 1.0.0.70 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:1.0.0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google talk 1.0.0.72 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:1.0.0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google talk 1.0.0.75 cpe:2.3:a:google:talk:1.0.0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3678

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