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CVE-2005-0598

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0598 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco devices running Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) 5.1. Specifically, the RealServer RealSubscriber component can be crashed by remote attackers sending malformed packets, leading to high CPU utilization. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
\(acns\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_and_content_networking_software:\(acns\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_and_content_networking_software:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_and_content_networking_software:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_and_content_networking_software:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:application_and_content_networking_software:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0347 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/14395
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19469
cisco.com / warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050224-acnsdos.shtml
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/579240
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/12648
PatchVendor Advisory