CVE-2005-0807
Multiple buffer overflows in Cain & Abel before 2.67 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly…
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- mitre
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Cain & Abel before 2.67 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an IKE packet with a large ID field that is not properly handled by the PSK sniffer filter, (2) the HTTP sniffer filter, or the (3) POP3, (4) SMTP, (5) IMAP, (6) NNTP, or (7) TDS sniffer filters.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- cain-abel-http-filter-bo(19744) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050318 Cain & Abel PSK Sniffer Heap overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.oxid.it/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14630 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- cain-abel-ikepsk-bo(19742) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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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