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CVE-2005-0979

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0979 describes multiple buffer overflows in RUMBA 7.3 and earlier, impacting NetManage RUMBA products. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying crafted values, such as an overly long SysName, in a profile file. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-25326) confirms the existence of public exploit code, despite a lack of broader community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netmanage:rumba:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netmanage:rumba:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25326 · Apr 1, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0479 is in the 84th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19934
securityfocus.com / bid/12965