CVE-2005-4726 — MUTE 0.4 uses improper flood protection algorithms, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (privacy leak and search result data) by controlling a drop chain neighbor that is near the end of a message chain

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MEDIUM

MUTE 0.4 uses improper flood protection algorithms, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (privacy leak and search result data) by controlling a drop chain neighbor that is near the end of a message chain

Published Feb 21, 2006

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.37%

Description

MUTE 0.4 uses improper flood protection algorithms, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (privacy leak and search result data) by controlling a drop chain neighbor that is near the end of a message chain.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.37% 0.01373

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01373

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 (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.37% (0.01373)	71.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.38% (0.01377)	68.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.37% (0.00367)	56.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.63% (0.00628)	79.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.25% (0.00247)	64.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.23% (0.00232)	60.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.21% (0.00212)	58.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 16, 2023	0.63% (0.00628)	76.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.59% (0.00589)	74.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11184523
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11200225
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.osvdb.org/23335
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11184523		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11200225		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.osvdb.org/23335		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 21, 2006

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Feb 21, 2006

Link CVE-2005-4726

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4726

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-4726