HIGH
Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID
Published Aug 19, 2005
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.68%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unprintable characters in the SSID.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.6.0
- 2.8.0
- 2.8.0a
- 2.8.1
- 2004-02_r1
- 2004-04_r1
- 2004-04_r1a
- 2004-10_r1
- 2005-01_r1
- 2005-04_r1
- 2005-06_r1
- 2005-07_bsd
- 2005-07_r1
- 2005-07_r1a
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.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.68% 0.03678
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03678
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.68% (0.03678) | 89.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.68% (0.03678) | 88.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.94% (0.03939) | 87.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.30% (0.11301) | 89.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 3.94% (0.03939) | 86.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.28% (0.06283) | 90.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 88.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 88.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.81% (0.02811) | 89.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16447 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16477 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16634 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-788 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kismetwireless.net/blog/?entry=/kismet/entry-1124158146.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_20_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/18767 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14430 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1422 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16447 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16477 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16634 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-788 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.kismetwireless.net/CHANGELOG | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.kismetwireless.net/blog/?entry=/kismet/entry-1124158146.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_20_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/18767 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14430 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1422 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 19, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 19, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2626
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a