HIGH
Buffer overflow in command.C for rxvt-unicode before 5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file containing long escape sequences
Published Mar 22, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.66%
Description
Buffer overflow in command.C for rxvt-unicode before 5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file containing long escape sequences.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.9
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.7
- 4.8
- 4.9
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
2.66% 0.02658
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02658
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02658) | 85.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02658) | 83.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.28% (0.03280) | 86.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.03% (0.02034) | 89.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 2.03% (0.02034) | 88.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.39% (0.02390) | 88.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.68% (0.04679) | 89.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.68% (0.04679) | 88.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.68% (0.04679) | 74.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84680 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-23.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84680 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-23.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 17, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0764
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a