LOW
Whisper 32 1.16, and possibly earlier versions, stores passwords in plaintext in memory, which allows local users to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read process memory
Published Aug 22, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
Whisper 32 1.16, and possibly earlier versions, stores passwords in plaintext in memory, which allows local users to obtain the password using a debugger or another mechanism to read process memory.
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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00336
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00336
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 | 0.34% (0.00336) | 24.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00336) | 25.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://antilamo.skifstone.com/vuln/whisper32.txt x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112438834310990&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014730 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14600 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://antilamo.skifstone.com/vuln/whisper32.txt | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112438834310990&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014730 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14600 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 22, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2664
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a