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CVE-2005-0211
Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…
High7.5EPSS 22.2%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is processed by a recvfrom function call that uses an incorrect length parameter.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.2% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- 1013045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 13319 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- VU#886006 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 14076 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152809 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 12432 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- DSA-667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20050207 [USN-77-1] Squid vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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