HIGH
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character
Published Feb 6, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 16.17%
Description
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
16.17% 0.16167
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.16167
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 16.17% (0.16167) | 96.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 15.87% (0.15874) | 96.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 45.62% (0.45619) | 97.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 40.20% (0.40197) | 96.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 45.62% (0.45619) | 97.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 41.20% (0.41196) | 97.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.15% (0.02148) | 89.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.15% (0.02148) | 87.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 96.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 24.06% (0.24062) | 95.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14098 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 6, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 18, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0101
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a