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CVE-2005-0876

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0876 describes an off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability in Dnsmasq versions prior to 2.21, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, consistent with the majority of older vulnerabilities.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnsmasq:dnsmasq:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnsmasq:dnsmasq:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnsmasq:dnsmasq:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnsmasq:dnsmasq:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dnsmasq:dnsmasq:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0261 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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/14691
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19825
securityfocus.com / bid/12897
Patch
thekelleys.org.uk / dnsmasq/CHANGELOG