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CVE-2005-1679

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1679 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in picasm versions 1.12b and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an overly long error message to the error directive. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, though no active exploitation or media coverage is reported.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.12bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:timo_rossi:picasm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25687 · May 20, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0741 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

marc.info
co.jyu.fi / ~trossi/pic
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/13698