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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.