CVE-2005-4857

eZ publish 3.5 before 3.5.7, 3.6 before 3.6.5, 3.7 before 3.7.3, and 3.8 before 20051128 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd segmentation fault) via a request to content/advancedsearch.php with an empty SearchContentClassID parameter, reportedly related to a "memory addressing error".

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4857 is rated Low Risk (39.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4857

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 2026-02-22 0.40% 0.54% +0.13%
2 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.40% +0.24%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4857

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4857

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4857

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-4857 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ezpublish), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4857

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4857

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ez ez_publish <= 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ez ez_publish 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4857

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