CVE-2005-3267 is an integer overflow vulnerability in older versions of the Skype client for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) through specially crafted network data containing a large Object Counter value, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.92.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:0.92.0.12:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.93.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:0.93.0.3:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.98.0.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:0.98.0.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:1.0.0.1:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skype_technologies:skype:1.0.0.7:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.