Multiple buffer overflows in Cain & Abel before 2.67 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an IKE packet with a large ID field that is not properly handled by the PSK sniffer filter, (2) the HTTP sniffer filter, or the (3) POP3, (4) SMTP, (5) IMAP, (6) NNTP, or (7) TDS sniffer filters
Published Mar 20, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.60%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Cain & Abel before 2.67 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an IKE packet with a large ID field that is not properly handled by the PSK sniffer filter, (2) the HTTP sniffer filter, or the (3) POP3, (4) SMTP, (5) IMAP, (6) NNTP, or (7) TDS sniffer filters.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.5
- 2.5_beta21
- 2.5_beta29
- 2.5_beta34
- 2.5_beta36
- 2.5_beta40
- 2.5_beta41
- 2.5_beta47
- 2.5_beta51
- 2.5_beta56
- 2.5_beta59
- 2.5_beta65
- 2.65
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 3.60% (0.03601) | 89.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03601) | 87.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 3.24% (0.03243) | 85.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.29% (0.04285) | 88.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.78% (0.05776) | 93.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 25, 2024 | 5.78% (0.05776) | 93.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.01% (0.07006) | 92.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 88.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 75.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111116097313427&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14630 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013476 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.oxid.it/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12840 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19742 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19744 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111116097313427&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14630 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1013476 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.oxid.it/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12840 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19742 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19744 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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