CVE-2005-4604

Buffer overflow in MTink in the printer-filters-utils package allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4604 is rated High Risk (70.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.07%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4604

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 2026-06-21 3.00% 3.07% +0.07%
2 2026-06-15 0.92% 3.00% +2.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.92% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4604

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4604

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4604

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2005-4604 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mtink), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4604
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-4604 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mtink), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4604

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4604

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jean-jacques_sarton mtink 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:jean-jacques_sarton:mtink:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4604

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