Multiple integer underflows in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) kernel headers in a pcap file or (2) data frame dissection, which leads to heap-based buffer overflows
Published Aug 19, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.73%
Description
Multiple integer underflows in Kismet before 2005-08-R1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) kernel headers in a pcap file or (2) data frame dissection, which leads to heap-based buffer overflows.
Affected products
No data.
- 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.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.73% (0.04733) | 91.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.73% (0.04733) | 90.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.11% (0.06110) | 90.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 13.22% (0.13222) | 95.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 10.38% (0.10383) | 95.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 13.90% (0.13904) | 94.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16447 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- 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.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_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| 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.securityfocus.com/bid/14430 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1422 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
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