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CVE-2005-0390

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0390 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTTP redirection capability of Axel versions prior to 1.0b. This flaw could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:axel:axel:1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0344 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/14831
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200504-09.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-706
PatchVendor Advisory
mail-archive.com / debian-devel-changes%40lists.debian.org/msg118978.html
securityfocus.com / bid/13059
Patch