CVE-2005-3960

Kadu 0.4.2 and 0.5.0pre allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or generated traffic) via a malformed message, possibly with incomplete information.

Published: 2005-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3960 is rated Moderate Risk (59.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.60%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3960

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 1.24% 1.60% +0.36%
2 2025-03-29 1.64% 1.24% -0.40%
3 2025-03-17 1.64%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3960

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-2005-3960

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3960

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kadu kadu 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:kadu:kadu:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kadu kadu 0.5_pre cpe:2.3:a:kadu:kadu:0.5_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3960

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