CVE-2005-2627 describes multiple integer underflow vulnerabilities in Kismet prior to version 2005-08-R1. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted pcap file kernel headers or during data frame dissection, leading to heap-based buffer overflows. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.