Multiple bugs in libwww - one exploitable - in Library/src/HTBound.c
Published Oct 12, 2005
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.10%
Description
The HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3 which are in maintenance mode.
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02099) | 81.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02099) | 79.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.51% (0.02514) | 84.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.15% (0.08151) | 86.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.51% (0.02515) | 84.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00278) | 69.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 70.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 24, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 66.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00266) | 62.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17119 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17122 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17489 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17814 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19193 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:210 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0208.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9444 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15035 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3183 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159597 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=170518 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3183
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9653 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/220-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3183
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