CVE-2005-3831

Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) CxZIP60.dll and (2) CxZIP60u.dll, as used in SpeedProject products including (a) ZipStar 5.0 Build 4285, (b) Squeez 5.0 Build 4285, and (c) SpeedCommander 11.0 Build 4430 and 10.51 Build 4430, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive containing a long filename.

Published: 2005-11-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3831 is rated Moderate Risk (48.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.90%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3831

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 2025-03-30 2.23% 1.90% -0.33%
2 2025-03-29 1.90% 2.23% +0.33%
3 2025-03-23 1.90%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3831

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3831

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3831

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
speedproject speedcommander 10.51_build4430 cpe:2.3:a:speedproject:speedcommander:10.51_build4430:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
speedproject speedcommander 11.0_build4430 cpe:2.3:a:speedproject:speedcommander:11.0_build4430:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
speedproject squeez 5.0_build_4285 cpe:2.3:a:speedproject:squeez:5.0_build_4285:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
speedproject zipstar 5.0_build_4285 cpe:2.3:a:speedproject:zipstar:5.0_build_4285:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3831

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