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CVE-2005-2626

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2626 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Kismet versions prior to 2005-08-R1, where unprintable characters in the SSID can lead to an unknown impact. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kismet:kismet:2.8.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0368 is in the 80th 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

secunia.com / advisories/16447
secunia.com / advisories/16477
secunia.com / advisories/16634
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-788
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-10.xml
kismetwireless.net / blog
kismetwireless.net / CHANGELOG
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_20_sr.html
osvdb.org / 18767
securityfocus.com / bid/14430
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1422