CVE-2005-3694

Exp

centericq 4.20.0-r3 with "Enable peer-to-peer communications" set allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via short zero-length packets, and possibly packets of length 1 or 2, as demonstrated using Nessus.

Published: 2005-11-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3694 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.99%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3694

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26666 exploit_db edb 2005-11-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3694

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 18.72% 11.99% -6.74%
2 2025-07-15 14.71% 18.72% +4.01%
3 2025-04-02 — 14.71% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3694

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3694

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3694

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3694: 1 GLSA(s) (200512-11), 1 atom(s) (net-im/centericq); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3694
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3694 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (centericq), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3694

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3694

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
centericq centericq 4.20.0_r3 cpe:2.3:a:centericq:centericq:4.20.0_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3694

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