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CVE-2005-0373

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0373 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the digestmd5.c file (also known as digestmda5.c) within a specific CVS release (1.170) of the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL, impacting various distributions like Apple, Red Hat, and SUSE. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0392 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0373

CVE-2005-0373

References

bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu / cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c.diff
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu / cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17642
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
linuxcompatible.org / print42495.html
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
monkey.org / openbsd/archive/ports/0407/msg00265.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/11347
PatchVendor Advisory