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CVE-2005-0020

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0020 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in playmidi versions prior to 2.4, primarily affecting Mandrake Linux distributions. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.2, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:playmidi:playmidi:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:playmidi:playmidi:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:playmidi:playmidi:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:playmidi:playmidi:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:playmidi:playmidi:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/13828
secunia.com / advisories/13890
secunia.com / advisories/13898
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18933
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-641
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 13049
securityfocus.com / bid/12274