CVE-2005-2772
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 10.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "+VIEWS:" reply, which is not properly handled in the VIfromLine function, and (2) certain arguments when launching third party programs such as a web browser from a web link, which is not properly handled in the FIOgetargv function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Gopher 3.0.9 - '+VIEWS' Client-Side Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1187local, linuxpublished 30 Aug 2005Verified
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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)
- 10.0% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20050901 UMN gopher[v3.0.9+] multiple(2) client buffer overflows. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#619812 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- DSA-832 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 14693 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- umn-gopher-vifromline-bo(22053) (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2773 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-2772)Record last updated .