Buffer overflow in the gopherToHTML function in gopher.cc in the Gopher reply parser in Squid 3.0 before 3.0.STABLE26, 3.1 before 3.1.15, and 3.2 before 3.2.0.11 allows remote Gopher servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon restart) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long line in a response. NOTE: This issue exists because of a CVE-2005-0094 regression.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-3205 is rated Moderate Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.96%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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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 | 2026-02-14 | 76.04% | 74.96% | -1.08% |
| 2 | 2025-12-28 | 47.44% | 76.04% | +28.60% |
| 3 | 2025-12-27 | — | 47.44% | — |
Full EPSS history (23 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2011-3205 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (squid), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3205 |
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2011-3205: 1 GLSA(s) (201110-24), 1 atom(s) (net-proxy/squid); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-3205 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3205 |
suse
|
medium | CVE-2011-3205 severity moderate: SUSE including 3 source package names (squid3-3.1.12-8.10.1, squid3-3.1.12-8.12.1, squid3-3.1.23-8.16.30.1), 6 product×package rows across 6 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-TERADATA, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (6 product lines)): Fixed 6. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3205/ |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2011-3205 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (squid, squid3), 12 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): released 6, not-affected 5, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3205 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable8 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable9 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable12 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable13 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable14 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable15 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable17 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable18 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable19 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable20 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable21 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable22 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable23 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable24 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.0.stable25 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.0.stable25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.14 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.16 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.17 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.0.18 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.8 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.12 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.13 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.9 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| squid-cache | squid | 3.2.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |