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CVE-2005-3964
Multiple buffer overflows in libUil (libUil.so) in OpenMotif 2.2.3, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in libUil (libUil.so) in OpenMotif 2.2.3, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) diag_issue_diagnostic function in UilDiags.c and (2) open_source_file function in UilSrcSrc.c.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
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)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (10 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- RHSA-2006:0272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20051202 [xfocus-SD-051202]openMotif libUil Multiple vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9393 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1015303 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20051201 [xfocus-SD-051202]openMotif-libUil-Multiple_vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- openmotif-opensourcefile-bo(23389) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2709 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- openmotif-diagissuediagnostic-bo(23388) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 15686 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 15684 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2005-3959 (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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