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CVE-2005-0764

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0764 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in rxvt-unicode versions prior to 5.3, specifically within the command.C file. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted file containing excessively long escape sequences. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marc_lehmann:rxvt-unicode:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marc_lehmann:rxvt-unicode:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marc_lehmann:rxvt-unicode:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marc_lehmann:rxvt-unicode:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:marc_lehmann:rxvt-unicode:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0266 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-23.xml
Patch